A strong woman is a woman bleeding
inside. A strong woman is a woman making
herself strong every morning while her teeth
loosen and her back throbs. Every baby,
a tooth, midwives used to say, and now
every battle a scar. A strong woman
is a mass of scar tissue that aches
when it rains and wounds that bleed
when you bump them and memories that get up
in the night and pace in boots to and fro.
This is my page spread reflection on the fourth stanza of Marge Piercy's poem, For Strong Women.
This is my page spread reflection on the fourth stanza of Marge Piercy's poem, For Strong Women.
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