Towards an Epitaph

by Sherri Turner

I will not yield.

I will stand firm and let myself be counted.

I will not have my weaknesses revealed,

and this small thing to which I have amounted

will be preserved, be safe behind my shield,

so when my final story is recounted

the least that can be said will be ‘She did not yield’.

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"Towards an Epitaph" was previously published on a forum website.