You can put me in a box, but you can't break me.
Like Kunta Kinte, the slave of old, I will fight for my freedom.
I am a poet with a pen,
The equivalent of a sword in the hand of a warrior.
You can try, but you will NOT break me.
I refuse to be oppressed by your verbal shackles.
I am she.
Unique and strong-willed.
I have a voice and I will not relent until you acknowledge me.
You can torture me with your words but never will you break me.