She has a fire in her

She is resilient.
Uninfluenced by
unease,
adversity,
pangs of prejudice.

Her silent diplomacy
is the agency to her survival.
Sadly mistaken to be decrepit.

She isn’t damaged.

She is hardened
by their dastardly touch,
the defamation,
the diluted endorsement.

She has a fire in her.
And from it,
she’ll emerge untouched.

~A