Remember what you must do when they undervalue you, when they think your softness is your weakness, when they treat your kindness like it is their ad… - Nikita Gill

They won't tell you about how Red Riding was the wolf
and Snow White went back to kill the queen.
Or that Cinderella's step family mysteriously
disappeared after she became queen.

They are afraid to let you know that Aurora woke up screaming
because a strange man was kissing her without her consent.
Or how Ariel had no problem killing the two timing prince
and restoring herself to the sea.

The fairy tales we should tell
our daughter should be about strong women with real flaws
and incredible qualities.

Let's raise girls who don't just wait to be rescued,
but take destiny in their own hands
and charge to battle dragons and their enemies.

There is nothing convenient
about freedom.
It is born from battle cries
and war, and blood,
and death
and people living for it
and dying for it
without ever getting it.

Never let anyone
tell you that it was easy
for you to have the fire,
the storms, the oceans
of strength
to speak your mind
that you have today.

Stop looking for people who only want your beauty and turn away your chaos and darkness