don’t make the girl the damsel in distress

don’t make the girl the damsel in distress<br><br>when the world ends in flames<br><br>and history catches up with those who have claimed their place<br><br>don’t make the girl the damsel in distress,<br><br>the damsel in distress is the earth.<br><br>don’t make the girl the damsel in distress,<br><br>the damsel in distress is our humanity.<br><br>the damsel in distress is the idea<br><br>that we are the rulers of this earth<br><br>and nobody else<br><br>and that it is our right to destroy<br><br>and exploit<br><br>and take without ever giving back<br><br>the damsel in distress is our greed<br><br>and the history of pain that we’ve left behind us<br><br>and the fear that we are too afraid to face<br><br>that one day<br><br>we will be<br><br>the ones<br><br>who are exploited<br><br>who are destroyed<br><br>who have nothing left to give<br><br>and for that<br><br>we should be afraid<br><br>because it is not the girlish men<br><br>who will save us in the end<br><br>it is not the heroes<br><br>with their muscles and their bravery<br><br>it is not the patriarchs<br><br>who have held us down for centuries<br><br>it is the feminine<br><br>it is the divine<br><br>it is the sacred power<br><br>that the women have in our bones<br><br>only we know what it is to nurture life<br><br>to grow a world inside us<br><br>and to give it birth<br><br>only we know what it is<br><br>to be a cradle for the earth<br><br>to be a goddess<br><br>a healer<br><br>a witch<br><br>a gypsy<br><br>a sorceress<br><br>a mystic<br><br>a weaver and a witcher<br><br>we are the women<br><br>and this is our revolution<br><br>our stories<br><br>our histories<br><br>and our mythologies<br><br>we are the revolution<br><br>that we have been waiting for<br><br>and we are the revolution<br><br>that we have been fighting against<br><br>all this time<br><br>this is our story<br><br>and this is our time<br><br>and we are the women<br><br>who are changing the world.