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“For Girls Who Run<\/a> Through Storms like Buffalos, Knowing It\u2019s the Quickest Way Through”<\/p>\n

By Tanaya Winder<\/a><\/p>\n

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We were never ones to avoid pain\u00a0<\/p>\n

even if we found him in another person.<\/p>\n

And when we do (find him again)\u2014<\/p>\n

let him have not been born in the rain\u00a0<\/p>\n

and grown up to become a storm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His kisses lightning that scorches the earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As young girls, our grandmothers warned us\u00a0<\/p>\n

When there is lightning, cover all the mirrors.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

But, one night thunder snapped;\u00a0<\/p>\n

its rumble shattering the vanity.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve chased cloudbursts ever since.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Committed ourselves to flood and flight.<\/p>\n

For girls like us who pray to the Sky Beings\u2014\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Protect us whenever we go\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 where we were never meant to be.<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Put tobacco down\u00a0<\/p>\n

for the ones<\/p>\n

with Creator-shaped holes in our hearts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We spend lifetimes trying to fill,<\/p>\n

to feel. What is the medicine for this?<\/p>\n

Our mothers tell us (as they taught)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Send them love. Send them love. Send [say it] love\u2014<\/i><\/p>\n

So, praise our fathers who left in the night,<\/p>\n

mapping us into unlovable.<\/p>\n

They made us tough as nails. Now we know\u00a0<\/p>\n

how to hold ourselves together.<\/p>\n

Praise the ones who listened\u00a0<\/p>\n

when girls like us asked them to leave.<\/p>\n

Praise the lovers who never returned.<\/p>\n

You helped us no longer be afraid of ghosts.<\/p>\n

For girls like us,\u00a0<\/p>\n

the wound never fully heals.<\/p>\n

The gentle rhythm of its pulse, a reminder to<\/p>\n

praise our mothers for teaching us words are seeds.<\/p>\n

We plant, bloom ourselves anew.<\/p>\n

Praise the lightning. Praise the storms<\/p>\n

we run through<\/p>\n

because girls like us know\u2014<\/p>\n

this is where\u00a0<\/p>\n

our medicine comes from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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