We Can Grow or Wither

The textured

                                                                                                            And fragmented

                                    Inflicted with too many scars

                                                                                                                              Who were we?

                  Will we survive?

                                    Who will remember?

                                                                                          Piecing

                                                                                                                              Growing

                                                                        And stitching

                                    Ourselves back together

For a society

                                                      That thrives on pain

                                                                                                            And division

                  Doesn’t understand

                                                                        The cost

                                    Of just surviving

                                                                                          The agony

                  The torment

                                                      The light

                                                                                                                              Being taken away

                                                                                          But yet

                                    We stand

                                                                        And

                                                                                                            We fight

For the light

                                    To glow

                                                                                          We aren’t

                                                      Tragedies

                                                                                                            We are a force

Who are we?

                                                      Not the inflicted scars

                  Or

                                                                                                                              The catastrophes

                                    That have invaded our lives

                                                      Nor                                           

                                                                                                            The nightmares

                  Of our past

                                                      We are Women

                                                                                                                              Weaving

Ourselves

                                                      Back together

                  Do you hear us?

                                                                        Now, listen closely

We Can Grow or Wither will highlight the stories of 7 women.