spoken word piece

this poem is going to be said with a beat behind it

Resilience
Resilience
The ability to bounce back
No matter what
Clara Barton
Resilient
Lynn Grady
Resilient
Clara risked all
Her life
Her well fare
everything to save soldiers
she nursed
on the battlefield
at the front lines
Where soldiers lay
wounded and dying
Waiting to be taken
Taken to a hospital
Waiting for hours
Waiting for someone
The Angel of the Battlefield
That's what they called her
Clara Barton
The Angel of the Batllefield
She walked
where no woman had walked before
She brought them food
and water
bandaged their wounds
Watched good men
die in her arms
She is resilient
because she saw their suffering
and fought to save them
Lynn was sick
Wounded just like the soldiers
but differently
Inside
not out
A cancer
an illness
a monster
rooted in her chest
She fought too
Fought to live
fought against the pain
She suffered
through treatments
that made her weak
Made her angry
Made her afraid
Treatments
that made her burn
made her swear
made her sad
Yet she made it
through all of it
The hurt
The pain
The fear
She is resilient
because she
did not give up hope
did not fall down
she stood strong
Clara Barton
and Lynn Grady
so different
yet so alike
Both resilient

Danika Grady