she steps out
into the void
unsure
where her footsteps
will fall
as she steps
into the darkness
each step
illuminates the ground before her
a path paved in “me toos”
by women
who bravely stepped out before her
preparing the way
at great cost to themselves
creating the path so others could follow
women everywhere
young and old
bear witness
gathering the courage to tell their stories
the wind always present
whispering through the trees
a cool breeze on a warm day
a mighty force willfully contained
unnoticed taken for granted as she gently rearranges the clouds slowly rolls in the weather
but when she calls upon the seas
and the mighty waves come crashing down when she calls upon the earth
and she uproots the trees
when she calls upon the skies
and lets forth a furious storm only then does the earth begin to take notice