The woman becomes a fortress

Unimaginably strong

Transformed

So that words no longer break her heart

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The woman becomes a fortress

Giving herself the safety

She always sought

Casting protection over herself

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The woman becomes a fortress

Impenetrable

A force and a space

Unto herself

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The woman became a fortress

When at last she understood

There was no safe place

Outside of herself ~ Caroline A. Slee