The New Age Women Anthem
WE WERE NOT DEAD. WE SHALL NOT BE DEAD. We cry and dry our tears, for we will not weep for donkeys. We do not wear our innocence, nor our hearts are on our sleeves. We run with the wind, we are relentless, we do not chase beauty, it chases us. WE WERE NOT DEAD. WE SHALL NOT BE DEAD. No, we do not stay longer, no, we do not beckon. Our eyes are fixed onto the star, it alone guides us. We do not claim guilt that is not ours, nor our bodies are vessels to please. WE WERE NOT DEAD. WE SHALL NOT BE DEAD. We do not forget when the world got cruel, for we remember the lover's cruelty. We do not forgive, we are not Eves. We get up and leave, we do not look back, for our dreams are not made of chocolates. WE WERE NOT DEAD. WE SHALL NOT BE DEAD. We put up a straight face, we do not smile. Our strength is within us, we are not on a lookout, nothing breaks us. We are the luxury if luxury eludes us. Ouse do not drown us, for our daughters i...
