Revolution

I am my parent’s little girl
Safe and smart
Running off to far off places with plans
And activities
Playing with friends and laughing and hoping to do something big
And Safe

And God is going to create a revolution on this campus
A revolution
And I am here at the front of it
The front of the beginning that 36 years of prayers has created
A revolution and that is Big.

I am a safe little girl
I am a woman
Who wants to do something big
Desires
Something that matters
To create
Something that matters
A revolution
Not safe
No, not safe

I am a woman
With her own ideas and possibilities
Not home anymore
Not safe
Because a revolution takes courage
And I won’t hide
And this woman that I am
Does not know what to do

But she knows
That if she lets God
He will show her
And she doesn’t know how
To let him
Show her
But this is her prayer
That he will

Show her

A revolution

--Ashley Fisher, 2006