Battles many have I fought.
Both physically and mentally.
Both emotionally and in persuit of destiny.
Standing against
What was expected of me.
Being one who stood up
To those who sought to rule over me.
They said I was nothing but a whore for others' pleasure
But I
I
But I said no.
I said that I did not want to be
What so many had been before.
Instead of being raped, of being accepting of
A man's world
I said no and that power for a woman begins
In the bedchamber, where secrets are unfurled.
Thus I began as a spy
An assassin, a secret keeper, a charlatan.
An actor, a performer, a mystic,
Selling their secrets for gold.
Gold, my gold, which I then
Paid into the trade of my friends.
Their lives, I bought them back for them
And we danced like lilies bloom.
Gilded by the gold of those we betrayed
Beautiful flowers are we.