Who Can Find a Virtuous Woman?

{day 15}

shimmering auburn waves
like a fiery crown,
she is a queen
who possesses every virtue
of the the divine call.

she fights every battle
with courage and strength
fiercely protects her own
charging ahead of her cavalry

amidst the maelstrom
she is struck down -
a full year
in and out
of the hospital

with each visit
her insides are removed
piece by piece
saving only what's necessary
to keep fighting

i see now
the empty space was needed
to make room
for her ever growing lion heart