24/06/2026
REMEMBER HER?
Somewhere inside of you,
there’s a little firecracker
with her arms folded and a frown on her face.
She isn’t happy
about all the times you said no
when you wanted to say yes.
All the times you said yes
when you wanted to say no.
She wanted you to buy the ticket.
She wanted you to take that trip.
She definitely wanted you to take that risk –
the one that may have just opened a whole new world.
She wants you to remember what it feels like
to run to the sea without a care in the world
and splash and laugh till you ache.
To face the day without a fear in your heart
and embrace every opportunity that comes.
She doesn’t understand
why you won’t wear the bikini.
She doesn’t understand
why you won’t eat the cake.
She doesn’t understand
why you don’t let it go.
She definitely doesn’t understand
why you accept second best.
Somewhere inside you
there is a little girl who wonders
at the adult you’ve become..
She still has many things she wants to learn
and so many people still to meet.
She still has food she’d like to taste
and parties she wants to dance at.
She still has places she wants to visit
and wonders she wants to stare at.
Somewhere inside of you,
there is a little firecracker –
desperate to see more of this thing we call life.
Go get her,
she’s fun.
💛
🔥
Donna Ashworth
From ‘to the women’
This book is on sale today and so I wanted to share this poem to celebrate her wings. 📕
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ICONIC Image: Kate T. Parker Photography
