the blood of a woman will heal the land it will be felt not by his hand sit with the warriors hear their pains the battles they fought breathe again inhale deeply feel me I am a Warrior Womxn like the Matriarchs before me “astam, api” they whisper and so I do. Bravely Boldly Unapologetically not everyone will answer the call to rise but I do but I did we are the warriors the stories told over millennia spoke about my blood that flows reminds me of who I am and not by his hand like the Matriarchs before me I will rise again Teniki. -Kaleigh River