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I am tired

Of living in a man’s world

My walk is virile

My work masculine

 

I am tired

Of suffering their authority

Yet I embrace inferiority

Allowing them to belittle me

 

Their power is a curse

Yet their ego remains a fraud

They tell us we cannot dream

Yet I see beyond their nightmare

 

I may be tired

Yet I am true to my being

The woman in me steals the right to be

The eagle in her agrees to set her free.

 

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