HERstory Happens Every Minute

HERstory Happens Every Minute

"I won’t stand in the shadow of his story.
Mine is illustrious and filled with glory.
I was there when the Tigris began to run.
I shall be there at Armageddon."*
Unlike History that is made every day,
Days lack time for what she does and say.
The world has many people living in it.
HERoines give birth to HERoes by the minute.

Behind every great man is a great woman.
Women rise up and take the witness stand.
Why not behind every great woman is a man?
Chauvinism is an attribute of mankind.
A woman does not lead from behind?
HERoism echoes thru the annals of time.
The world has many people living in it.
Women give birth thousands of times a minute.

The "N" channels do not cover the news once every day, **
Suggesting that news is not made that way.
When their escapades beckon,
HERoics are reported up to the second.
High-powered portrayals on the world stages
Make her performances acts for the ages.
When given a chance, women have no limit.
HERstory is not made by the day, but by the minute.


*A tribute to Coretta King from The 1989 Black History Calendar

**CNN, FNN, ESPN, etcetera