masakhane.

let us build together a world
where a woman's strength
is not measured by her ability
to gracefully endure suffering.
we may be built to carry skies
and to endure rain clouds
in hopes of one day seeing
a rainbow on the other side.
but let us build together a world
where we no longer have
to keep hoping,
to keep waiting.
we are armed with own tools
so we can build the light we need
to construct
our very own rainbows.