*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.