They named her Patience Hoping she would put up With the unflinching burden of hatred Hoped she would stand through it all To emerge out into the boundless open A space with no history No prejudices
So she took up her pen Held it so high that it caught the sunlight She raised her voice So that it broke through the walls of prejudice And with threads of intellect wove her thoughts into order She was Patience But she did not intend to wait For a saviour