Hair - cut.
Breasts - bound.
Clothes - father's.
Off to war.
Fight - weak.
Train - hard.
Fight - better
Open doors.
Battles - hundreds
Live - somehow
Mind - trained
General's roar.
War - won
Travel - home
Dress - women's
Heart - sore.
Jaws - dropped
General - woman
Life - legend
Now it's yours.
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A/N: Hua Mulan was a real historical person. Her ending wasn't nearly as happy as in the Disney movie - the emperor decided he wanted to make her a concubine and so she killed herself. But what I love is that one of the main records of her existence is an incredible poem. So this is mine - just a little tribute to a woman who I deeply admire.
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The Fairytale Wakes
PoetryOnce upon a time is now. A poetry collection celebrating and subverting fairytales.
