in schools, they often forget to teach you
that mitochondrial dna is inherited from the mother.
and yet, men have always held titles and
stand tall on their podium
claiming that they are the pens to rewrite
history, even with our fire still burning in their cells.
they used it to initiate war, draft speeches,
fuel revolutions that never involved us,
but they never once thought to thank the origin
of the powerhouse that fuels them.
men carry women in their blood,
when will we become the power,
instead of just handing it over?
