Spilled Truths

Women are expected

To stay soft

To be selfless

To adapt

And to sacrifice



But some of us

Haven’t been soft in a long time

Hardened by the burdens put on us by the world

Exhausted from the expectations forced on us

And too stubborn to act like we fit in anymore



Some of us

are

As untameable as the sea

As enraged as the storm

As tough as the sun

And as persistent as the wind



This book is for us

For the angry women

The tough women

The stubborn women

The women who know they deserve better



We are never alone



Om forfatteren

Ida Sophie Koch (b. 1994) is Danish born and raised but lives in Munich. She holds a MA in German and a BA in comparative literature. Through her poems she explores the sides of femininity often suppressed or tried erased, the strength that lives within us, and the tangled lines of a mind often tied up in expectations.