CW: mentions of death, sexism
they call these streets a war
but it’s one we are losing
every beat of our heart is silenced
under cat calls and sirens
.
we are just trying to walk
but we are called warrior
frontline soldiers who never signed up
to fight a war with keys
.
they’ll welcome us home in body bags
instagram hashtags and eulogies
in barbed wire newspapers that say
we knew better than to walk into battle
alone
.
Image courtesy of Антон Дмитриев.