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Dimitra Colovos

Just Because I Can Fight Doesn't Mean I Should Have To

Updated: Nov 14, 2022

It is not enough to win a fight, I need to win it with my teeth kicked in.

Maybe I should endure one more painful blow, just to say I can handle it.

To survive as someone's prey in a game of cat and mouse, to prove how witty I am.

To hear someone say "keep kicking ass!" to validate it all.

This fuels me.

Because the more often people make surviving things feel like a badge of honor, I will keep writing off these pains inflicted upon me in the name of endurance. How far can I go?

I will push my limits, just because someone will say I am so resilient.

But really, I am breaking.


He saw me

He hurt me

He chased me

But all these things made me stronger, right?

Because I survived them?

So maybe he should still do those things

So they can be written off as my growth.

Because a woman is only strong if she has survived the wrath of an unsatisfied man, right?

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