Coming into our own humanity often takes enormous effort, commitment, and bravery. - Andrea Gibson

Come love, make me better than I was.
Come teach me a kinder way
to say my own name.

Any feminist who has ever taken the high road will tell you the high road gets backed up and sometimes we need to take a detour straight through the belly of uncensored rage.

Yesterday i carved your name into the surface of an ice cube
then held it against my chest til it melted into my aching pores
today i cried so hard the neighbors knocked on my door
and asked if I wanted to borrow some sugar.