“I refuse to admit defeat.
I refuse to relent.
Because I am a survivor.”
I refuse to admit defeat. I refuse to relent, even long enough to take a breath. Because I am a survivor. I’ve been raised on the foundation of fighting for my life. To keep breathing, to keep going, no matter hopeless it seems. And that’s the difference between you and I. I haven’t given up. And I never will. For this is my battle cry and it will never end.
I stand with my sisters and brothers in defiance of every dark moment in our lives. I stand against silence. I stand against injustice. And I will never stop.
© Sarah Doughty
2019
Who needs war paint
when we are already covered
in our own spilled blood?