And there was also a daughter.

She drops out of the story very early, sacrificed

for good winds on the way to Troy.

But her mother’s revenge has made history.

And there was also a daughter

cursed to foresee the destruction of the city,

as daughters often do,

and no one believed her.

And there was also a daughter,

kidnapped (seduced?) by Shechem,

avenged (destroyed?) by her brothers,

a single chapter in Genesis.

And there was also a prophet,

a man too young to know what women suffer–

yet He did, somehow.

Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.