This woman is Athena
This woman is Medusa
No longer the vehicle of her male counterpart, she is armed and militant -
Yet in no way a reflection of the stolid directness
The frank simplicity, the violent impotence of the masculine savage
Compulsion recast as understanding
Constraint recast as protection
This woman is Goldman
This woman is Constantine
Water poured over thick black lines
Stay here
Breathe here
One shape is no shape
A mist to obscure the lines you've drawn
Stay here
Breathe here
Flow out
Moist breath on hot tissue
Flow out
Breathe here
Flow out