I Am that girl 

I am that girl who refuses to say “sorry” 

Even if my dreams have made you worry.

I’m not sorry for wanting to stand out

In the midst of crowds that want me to stand down.

I am that girl who wanted more than “something”

In a world that made me believe I was nothing.

I am that girl whose turn never came,

Yet within me burns a growing flame.

I am not those inaudible words 

I am the resonating voice you heard.

I am the demure, I am the fierce,

With every step, I shake the fence.

I am the innovator, the pacesetter, the change maker,

Breaking norms like a true trailblazer.

The world may fade, disappear 

But I will remain, unshaken, without fear.

I am the girl on the frontline of crisis,

Turning losses into new genesis.

The girl I am is the change I lead 

~Sefunmi Oluwafadare

And the world will follow, with speed.