WEAR THIS BADGE

I wear this smile to remind me of  the many frown caused by the questions, How dare you, How can you, Who do you think you are? Stay in your lane. You're just a girl.

This gait of mine ,this spring in my feet, this bounce you see,   is the response from many slouched shoulder, forlorn face, downcast heart, broken dreams and chattered vision gotten from  being reminded I'm just a dreamer and little pussy whose only assets are the 2 pieces of oranges on her chest and the cherry hole in between her legs. You're just a woman he says, stay in your lane.

This code you have etched on my psyche has become the very reason, I re-write my story. I retell my future better than my past. It's the fuel burning the fury in me, helping me draw a compass of where I'm headed, all I wanted and the Royalty I have created

This very scar has become my badge of honour, though gotten from the many pains inflicted from your whip and your venomous spittle, is now my gain to inspire others, make them fighters to break down the walls your kind have erected around them.

I will wear this memory no more with regrets, but with the pride only a warrior can muster, knowing the many oceans of tragedy that tried to drown my voice, but ended helping me find my sound.

I shall adorn this badge as an insignia of the countless battle I won, to conquer the thought of you holding me bound to  prisons of my mind. I shall fly this honour like a hero whose victory the world must sing, the crowd must cheer and the audience must applaud.

I will wear this badge so my tale become their hope, my story inspire their resolve and my triumph their waiting crown.

I shall wear this badge so someday you can become you.