We Rise

We are women.

We are rising.

And we have some things to say.

About power.

About pleasure.

About who gets to speak,

and who’s expected to smile.

We can be soft and still mean business.

We can love men and question the world that puts them first.

We can look hot without making it an invitation.

There is room for our beauty, our anger, our humor, our ambition.

All of it.

We’re picking up the phone.

We’re saying the thing.

We’re asking for the woman in charge.

And sometimes, we’re becoming her.

We rise.