Ladies? Repeat after me.
I am a
Chingona.
A Hell-Raiser.
A Bitch who takes no offense when you call me
the very word hurled at me as an insult.
My smile confuses
You.
My thanks steals
The wind in your sails and cools my
Cheeks.
This is where I leave you,
Blinking and reassessing, only because
I don't feel like wasting my time waiting for you to figure out
I never needed anyone's approval
to
move
Forward
But my own.