Let her have a Scar

[noxenla]

tiniest of fists
shake life in iron grip
and small fierce beat taps
the bodhran of being
as loud as if for war
facing her own way
no bending down the head to any
but ready to hit the ground running.

What are the three Warrior Sounds?
The bodhran beating the battle hymn,
the crackling pyre that marks the end
and the shriek to make the enemy fly
as return is announced in the newborns cry.