"Vision is Powerful.
It is the Light
in the Lantern. It comes
from anywhere. You need only
to notice it, to magnify it.
I am not the first female bodied
human, to set boundaries
with my father. But
I may be the first
success. It is
an unhealthy regularity
to regularly make young women
cry, at the dinner table.
It is not only me,
who thinks so,
I was only his first
adversary; not yet beautiful,
but bound to be. So goes,
the mythology. I was
smart, and pretty, and
I disagreed with him. What exactly
does a Daddy do about that?
Domination.
When I was grown,
and groomed, and trusted,
he told me how
a well placed smile is used
to manipulate, co-workers.
I asked him, to show me it,
and I grew sick, as I saw
the Way he always looks
at me, when I've spoken
something he wants me to
back down from."