why does it feel like
a perverted game of chutes and ladders
to be a member of a subordinate group in this country
where you climb and you climb and you climb,
only to reach the top
and see the faces of a brotherhood of white, christian men
mock you as you stumble however many feet backwards.
try again.
why does it feel like
a twisted compliment
to call a woman brave and courageous
because she spoke up about how she was violated.
i believe her.
but i wish we saw her as brave,
as someone who can climb the ladder,
without having to be traumatized first.
try again.
bekah noble 
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