HOW LONG…?
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Meher Pestonji (India)
How long will you withstand war,
Women of Ukraine?
How long must you keep rebelling against
tyrants
Women of Iran?
How long must you witness shootings at your
doorstep
Women of America?
How long can you keep sane through war?
Quiet fire
is women’s breath of survival
Fire
tenderises meat, toughens steel, purifies
gold
Fire
From the heart of Earth’s soul shapes
tough-tender women
Aware there is no birth without pain
Time being the equalizer between loss and
gain
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