A poem about looking into the eyes of a girl child while hearing a woman's been shot essentially because she's a woman.
Beautiful new life, little girl, sorry.
In another land our sister was shot
and as you smile my heart is filled with worry
Oh what a world! What a cancerous rot!
As I lay you down in your bed to sleep
From in the dark shadows I'm sure I hear
Men's monstrous laughter seeking to creep
and patriarchal talons drawing near.
Beautiful new life, little girl, sorry.
In another land our sister was shot
And here you begin to write your story
While the world's hate seeks to distort the plot
Beautiful new life, little girl, sorry.
We've been hated since the fall from glory.
