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What I've got so far, So far as my front step And take a breath, Put my leadership hat on 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 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 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 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 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.

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