The Sun Rises

She could not have delivered a clearer statement than the one she just made and thinking of it now brings a grin to her long-suffering face. The stinging slap she landed on that arrogant cheek sounded so sweet to her ears, much sweeter than anything she could ever imagine. How could she have been such a fool not to stop and put him in his place after many years of endless abuse with nary a question nor complaint. Why she passively put up with him to treat her like a piece of garbage is beyond her now, best forgotten, thinking ‘no master, no slave’. Liberated, freed from bondage, ah, so great is her satisfaction that just a single act of courage finally stopped a bully on his track. Today is a bright and glorious day when a brand-new woman is born, proud, confident and nobody’s fool, out of the shadow for sure. The sun rises.