The Myth of Wonder by Kim Marshall Lyrics

Each woman's story changes in the hands of
men. The lie in my origins was only
in the retelling. Easier to believe
I'd been born of Zeus

than raised from sand by my mother's prayer, her strength
to love me with a name. In your world, I learned
a woman's worth — to be super only if
she is a wonder.

I then understood the mantel of my new
name, a title cast as long as the shadow
of your hiss, stories retold until we were
all islands, drowning.

In order to be a hero, you made for
me a father, sprung me from his crown, but I
did not need his strength to learn my own. Mother
taught me how to swim.