Fidelio II
 
 

Katarzyna Borun-Jagodzinska
 
 

I long to lead the way

disguised as a man

out of this prison

where your sentence grows longer every month,

disguised as a man

because in any other getup

we weren't allowed

to sound off about freedom.

I long to lead the way

to some safe place,

safe but always

wide open,

where our thoughts won't drag us down,

where our bodies won't be a wound,

where we'll have names of our own

and the word "female"

won't ever be a kick in the crotch.