Poem, "Portrait of a Warrior Woman" by Sophia E. DiGonis

I am a fighter inside,
and I know what means war.
My people have fought others
and each other for
centuries galore.

I undertstand prophecy and the
gifts of the future.
I know what it is like to be the
least listened to teacher.

I am not afraid to look
into the eyes of man
and see there how journey's end and began.
I am not afraid to die,
for I have done it before--
and I know what it is like
to live again it's no bore.

I am a seed from heaven that was put to the earth in order
to give another life in birth--
I am sent from the angels and
ancestors too.

To find what's real
and you will find it.

That's why I am brought to those
who need me...