HEROINE

This is not who you were meant to be.

You were destined to be a force of nature

a tigress

an empress

a dominatrix

striding across this world

doing what you wish

gracelessly

forcefully

mightily.

You were not meant to be one

to scurry under the covers.

Yours is not the role of the coward

the fearful

the frightened one.

You were not meant to be like this

you do not deserve this fate

and nor do I.

You were meant to be more than this

more powerful

braver.

Turn

and face me.