amazonian

do you know who i am?
i have brandished my steel in the form of screams
i have bled into ivory bowls to satisfy
and slicked back my hair with the blood of those who stand before me
i smell of iron and death
i have taken love and consumed it
i have taken respect and glorified it
i, and i only
no man, no beast, no monster may take me from i
there has only ever been me since i came to world with blood on my skin and pain in my ears
there is no other, only my strength from within or from those who have loved me
but in the end as i lay dying
there is only me, only i
no other to who created me beyond this form of flesh and bone
i made myself