Written for the "To All the Women" contest

Shout out to the women in my life
What troubles we've seen through the thick and thin
Role models who carried me through the strife
Guiding me when I didn't know where to begin

Words to my mother, a goddess in her own rite
A cornerstone of love as she wiped my tears
Words to my sisters, by blood or spiritual spite
People I will depend on through all of my years

This is a journey all women face in time
Beacons of love and hope, of strength and duty
Rise up, all women, rise from where we're confined
Rise up, I say, we are all creatures of beauty

We refuse to sit and be taken for granted
Shout out to the women, our voices demand it