A deep secret was locked away in my heart. Cold and dark never for the world to know. It was my burden and mine alone. But i longed for a sense of security someone to share my secret with, someone that would never betray me and would lock it away in their heart. So, i told my mother the secret and doing so i gave her a piece of my heart. She promised too protect it and never give it away. But she betrayed me she broke the piece she had in half and gave it to my father. I could no longer trust her. But maybe i could trust my father. I made him promise never to tell, he said no one else would ever know. But he too had lied. For yet again my heart was broken into another piece. He gave my secret to my sister and now yet another person knew, then she told my brother and he told his best friend and his friend told my friend, and in a short time the whole town knew. Can i ever show my face again? Will anyone understand? Who’s left to trust?

As I stood in the cow pasture my dress and apron blowing in the wind i searched the road up ahead. No sign of them, not yet. I woke up quite early this morning to gather the eggs and attend to my families cows. Like i did every day. Yesterday while about the pasture i had seen a troop of soldiers pass the road, riding their steeds while brandishing their swords and shields. I had recently lost my father to the war now it was only my mother and i at home. My father had always told me i was strong and brave, however i never got the chance to prove it. My father did though, and my grandfather and the boy and his father that lived in the field near us. They all got to fight for their country, so why couldn’t I? When i asked my mother she told me it was because i was needed here for a ladies duties. Like making the food and washing our clothes. Suddenly i heard a thunder of hooves. And there they were, riding gallantly across the gravel road. How i longed too ride along side of them. Every soldier riding by was like driving a thorn under my nail. Slowly and painfully. One day women will make a path and we will fight along side men. Neither will be greater than the other. But we will be equals, to ride into the forever sky.