Green-light

She spent money, will power, long drives and time

On herself, without knowing where to draw the line

It's her life, one life spent

With headaches, back bent

Jaw clenched

Tight on possibilities

Epiphanies

Strategies

and Eulogies

Don't mistake her ability to self-advocate for impatience

She'll furiously push you to lend credence

To her ambition

For position

For the power to green-light

It's going to be a hard fight

And you got yourself involved by having the power

But make no mistake, you're only the soil:

She's the flower

And when she is there 'cause you graciously let her

She'll advocate for others so they won't have to tether

Their hearts to the claustrophobia that is under this glass ceiling

Her nerve is all that has gotten her this far

She'd never say she lost sisters reaching for that star

But she did.

Fashioning pictures of young girls who couldn't be seen

Behind charismatic S.O.B.s