Dame Eiger

Poems of Survival

My relationship with feminine hygiene products isn't always the best; I despise them and the fact that I need to use them. Yet every month, I am thankful that there isn't a big blood mark on my butt. This is my ode to my pad.

"P.I.N.K" is a poem about my relationship with the color pink. I express my hate for the color but also its connection with being a woman, and how all humans are assigned a color whether we like it or not.

"Women's World" is about me and every other woman out in the world losing the rights to our bodies, from birth control to abortion. The poem is about how I feel like just a piece of meat, put on this earth with no value, and how this system is messed up.

My relationship with feminine hygiene products isn't always the best; I despise them and the fact that I need to use them. Yet every month, I am thankful that there isn't a big blood mark on my butt. This is my ode to my pad.

"Hell is Hell, War is War” is a ode to Hawkeye, from my childhood tv show M.A.S.H. While growing up I saw the tv show as a funny comedy but now as an adult I see the dilemma of being a doctor at war. this poem is to all those doctors who pedge to do no harm while also facing the battleground.

My relationship with feminine hygiene products isn't always the best; I despise them and the fact that I need to use them. Yet every month, I am thankful that there isn't a big blood mark on my butt. This is my ode to my pad.