“She won’t be hard to beat. She’s only a girl.”
Except:
I’m not
Not only a girl
Not “only” anything
No less than
No silence
No weakness on the field
I’m the dark horse
And the alpha
And the victor who will not yield
Underestimated
And consistently unsung
The weaker sex at every turn
But I carry fire
And move mountains
Unnoticed by my detractors
“Only a girl” they said
As if my sex might psych me out
“Only a girl”
As they failed to understand
What that meant
And I smiled
To underestimate me
Is to lose
Before you’ve left the blocks
Only a girl
Who will shift the world
Along with the women
Who paved the paths
Before me – Caroline A. Slee