Perhaps that's why I don't sleep
Why I awake at 2:41 am or 3:15
I've always been tough, obstinate
I scare most away and I never gave
Hugs - this hardness transfers to
The end of the day - I grew up
A feminist the kind that never
Backed down: in the army I was
Pretty enough to be left alone
& I was not needed to work, a luxury
I thought but it weakened me and
Now I work as a lawyer in the most
Male dominated field: any given
Day I'm in a row of males ready
To announce - I'm not even blinking
At ten years - it's only a matter of
Time before 25 to life becomes
My norm - with you I had a balance
At night when all my shells were put away
