#sealeychallenge Day 5: Trace/Traza, by Iliana Rodríguez:

from “On The Mound of Earth:”

A woman like me
should be the glorious Penelope, but I never wanted to wait for a hero.
Rather, I wanted to be the heroine:
And I’m still waiting for me
as I weave and unknit
these bitter lines.

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