She Was Twenty One
She set the world on fire
In
A man’s world
When
All girls aspired to similar win
Back then
Carefree with
Foolish innocence and youthful zest
And protestation
For a better world
Written femalely
A political free zone perhaps
For only new men
And
Vietnam was long gone
After
Separating friends and forcing enemies
Unfairly
She was twenty one
And free
A spirit called her to speak
To a changing world
She marched
She spoke loudly
And
She made it at last with
A
Youthful and stunning success
A win
For all women in a male world
She was twenty one and angry
She is why
We now give woman a voice
She is a hero
My Hero
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“She Was Twenty One”
Written and Published by Paul Buttigieg
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- May 28th, 2010
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