As she lay she thought
She could do everything and more
That her brother could do
—
She held not the faint light
Of entering the unknown world
Full of stars and colours
—
Everyone would know her by her name
She would make her momma proud
I the sinister external world
—
But she was killed in there
Before she saw the earth good or bad
By her own parents
—
Because they saw the bad in the world
And choose to let her die than suffer
Just because she was a her
