YOU

I see you rising from the fire

you're well acquainted with that heat

you're a diamond they admire

you're made like concrete

you are she, her, female and that queen

you are the beauty in look but don't touch

you are strength embodied in that part called heart

your skin's too thick for the bad man's bite

you're way too bright for the dark to drown that light

they try to keep you down

you're a threat too great

they burn you to ash

but you rise at any rate

you are phoenix

it is their destiny to learn the hard way

that they cannot keep you down

you are empowered, you are woman

© AishaAbdulkarim