MILK AND COOKIES ━━ Nikita Gill

FOR GIRLS FILLED WITH FIRE

FOR GIRLS FILLED WITH FIRE;

Girl,

you were born with a fire inside you,

and this world is determined to stamp it out.

You will see it when you stand up for yourself

and you are told, "it isn't ladylike to raise your voice."

You will hear it when you wear something that hugs your body

and feel the uncomfortable sensation of being stripped naked

by the eyes of men who call you names you are still too young to understand.

You will know it when a man tries to use his strength

to have his way with you for the first time,

and you need to use your fists/teeth/legs to get him off.

You will understand it when you see your

mother's eye filled with terror

because you are an hour later than you said you would be home.

But you must never let them take

those flames from within your soul.

Instead, you must burn brighter than ever

because you are a Daughter of the Sun,

and you only belong to youself, not to this world.