<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">Ready to fight</span><div style="font-size: 22px;"><br><br>My much younger self <br><br>Knew enough <br>To know this <br>Could happen<br><br>Read enough<br>To know <br>How it occurs<br><br>Listened enough<br>To know <br>Who it harms <br><br>Starved enough<br>To know <br>How it shrinks<br><br>Witnessed enough<br>To know <br>Who it scars<br><br>Beaten enough<br>To know <br>How it bruises<br><br>Raped enough<br>To know <br>Who it steals <br><br>Cut enough<br>To know <br>How it tears<br><br>Defeated enough<br>To know <br>What it breaks<br><br>Left enough<br>To know <br>How it isolates <br><br>Spoken enough<br>To know <br>Who it silences <br><br>Quieted enough<br>To know <br>How it deceives<br><br>Experienced enough<br>To know this<br>Is real<br><br>Vexed enough<br>To know to<br>Think it through <br><br>Strong enough<br>To know how<br>To lift up<br><br>Brave enough<br>To know who <br>To call out<br><br>Intuitive enough <br>To know where<br>To go now<br><br>Bright enough<br>To know what<br>To do next<br><br>Loving enough<br>To know who<br>To protect<br><br>Old enough<br>To know what<br>To hold tight<br><br>Wise enough<br>To know how<br>To carry the light</div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 22px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Jocelyn Arild</div><br></div></body></html>