What I've got so far, So far as my front step

And take a breath, Put my leadership hat on
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And switch my brain to learning mode
Switching it up, Change in the air
This place, This time and place is buzzing
Activate it, I can be an actor in it
I have power, Hear me roar
I am woman, I can soar
Upon the shoulders of giants
I can lift my eyeline and see
A future beyond the horizon
Most people cannot see beyond their front step
But I see, Somewhere to hang my hat
Some space occupy, And thrive
Some vessel to carry my worth
Some legacy to leave this earth
A better place for my children
I will leave them behind a rainbow fence
To chase the pot of gold
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To fund their future
And when I'm old
They'll know all the work I did
All that talking
All those meetings, workshops, courses
Were an investment in humanity
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Working for a future most can't see
But a room full of people like me
Who look up
Looking up to others and
Hooking up
Ideas, connecting
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Spawning, Birthing a future
Like mothers
This labour is not easy
It might look glamourous and glowing
But it's raw and bloody
And not everyone can stand to stay in the room
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While a woman leads
This process of future building
But the future is mine.
Megan Riedl, of Tripwire Theatre Incorporated, wrote this poem as part of a recent Leaders Forum program.