this was my conquest, my mantra

Make him love me. 

This was my conquest, 

my mantra. 

I donned armor, 

ready to do battle. 

And do not believe, 

dear reader, that I 

carried no sword. 

For there are 

male spirits, 

confined by mistake 

in female frames, 

and I believe 

I have been 

such a one. 

 

[Amy Gerstler {1956- } from “Mrs. Monster Pens Her Memoirs”, in Dearest Creature]