She woke up angry
with a taste for war
as she made her morning tea
and with the allegiance of higher forces-
angels
friends
and God at her command-
heads would roll like marbles
if need be
He did not believe he had this strength
the strength of a mother
of a warrior queen defending her young
that it wasn’t entirely in his nature
So she came forth
with fury
with the force to destroy all enemies
lurking in his path
to heal a heartbreak through anger
with fire
a creative force
rage that only a woman could know
That’s what brewed inside him now
something he didn’t understand:
the glowing coals of charred remains
that a man couldn’t touch
because his hands
were unaccustomed to infernos
So she stepped up
all the matriarchs from his past
rising from deep inside of him
to take up the flaming sword
and defend his innocence
to love through wrath
to bring pain upon those
who brought pain upon her house
She rose up.
