A Good Little Girls Zine

Where is My Long Sword by Sonia Chintha

Illustration by Jill Kimura

Edited by Parivash Fahim Goff & Andrea Nevin

air in, fill the body
       pause, 
       hold
release slow, metered breaths

 

        baby it is time  
pick up that long sword, 
       time to…

      straighten spine, level feet, 
slow 
inhale

charge 
again and again
        in the shadow of hope,
            one foot in front of the other
disruptive, boisterous

speak loud, louder, 
louder
this was imminent,
but, we have trained for it

air in, fill up
pause,
hold
release 

slow, 

slow, 

slow

       baby it’s time    
               time to—join forces, 
Reinforce 
Hold up
Stand for 
this land,
that is built on resistance

come together now
          gather your swords, 

          to fix these holes,
          ensure power is in the right hands
          so our rights 
          are held up
          air in, fill up
          pause, 
          hold

release 

slow, 

          pick up your sword, 
          use it 
          every day 
          cause baby the time’s here
          no more waiting,
          for us to band together.






Picture of Sonia Chintha

Sonia Chintha

Sonia Chintha is an Indian American writer, editor, artist. She cooks, colors, and designs floral arrangements to zen her out. She is an antiracist educator and activist. Her two french bulldogs are how she makes up for the physical affection she did not receive as a child.