poetry: glass of champagne

poetry: glass of champagne

I wrote this poem in May of 2024. a toast to this woman a glass of champagne in my hand as I raise a toastwho I used to bea woman mentally ill and needya woman who gave men easy access to her hipsa woman who thought intimacy could only be createdand felt in between her sheetswe say goodbye to the his woman lovinglyas we usher a new era of mea woman who knows her worthand won’t settle of anything lessthan she deserves