And We Shall Win!*
*Women With HIV/AIDS
Pain knows no distinction
Hear
the muted music of our
footsteps
thru the mist
Know that we are more
than ever we are called
That we can do
more than alleged
Carrying rainbows in our heads and
Grasping tridents in our hands
We stride with mythic grace
and will resist
We’ll fight the present scourge
Until we win
And we shall win!
And we shall win!
And we shall win!
From Continuum: New and Selected Poems (Just Us Books, Inc., 2007 and 2014) by Mari Evans. Copyright © 2007 and 2014 by Mari Evans. Used with the permission of the Estate of Mari Evans.