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Saturday, April 27, 2024

warriors


by lily marsh godfrey

lily marsh godfrey writes poems about being a woman



the village was surrounded

we offered our services
as warriors to defend it

the old men laughed
the young men raged
the invaders invaded

the old men were killed
and the young men were killed
or driven away

the invaders offered us
our lives as slaves

but we offered them
instead as warriors

we were refused
and escaped nto the night
pursued by the invaders

and harassed by the young men
of our own tribe
who had survived

we traveled many days
and momths
and came to the river

and met other invaders
from the skies
who finished off the young men

and enslaved us

we are there still
waiting our chance

to offer our services
as warriors
to ourselves



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