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!

Credit

Author

Mari Evans

Mari Evans was born in Toledo, Ohio, on July 16, 1923. Her father encouraged her writing by saving her first story, which Evans had written in the fourth grade and then printed in her school newspaper. Evans recounted the experience in her autobiographical essay, “My Father’s Passage” (1984). She studied fashion design at the University of Toledo before focusing on poetry. While working as an assistant editor at a manufacturing firm, she honed her craft.

Date Published

01/01/2007