Remember when
remember when you were a little girl
remember when you were wonderwoman
no remember when you were spiderman
remember when your imagination allowed you to be anything
remember when you were the first female president
you would line up all your friends to bow as you gave your inaugural speech
remember how the next day you were einstein gracefully accepting your science award
and the next you were a boxer kicking and punching and twirling in the air
remember when you won every game because you didn't know how to quit
when did we stop being people when did we stop being mind full of intelligence
when did we no longer need love or long for affection
since when did we stop dreaming
because let's face it our father told us that women would never be president
because how sad is it that he never had to tell you why?
when did women get ceilings and walls
when did we become confined and limited
when did we stop having hearts and only being skin
the world insults us
they shoot bullets from their tongues and expect us to be bulletproof
all while having baby soft skin
when did women become frozen figurines men set on their tables
when did all my substance amount itself to the color on the tip of my fingers
when did I just become something to please his eyes
when did I go from einstein in lab coats and writing numbers
to tall high heels and sexy dresses
when did underneath my clothes just become my skin
not my brains or my heart only what was happening on my chest underneath my chin
when did all I amount to was my physical ability to please a man
when did my version of perfection stop being freckles and corky laughs
and science and math
when did it become eighty pounds 6 feet tall and 4 inches wide
when did my IQ and my waist size have to fit on the tip of my finger
when did that number on the scale become more important than my gpa
because when i became smart when i became determined and powerful
so someone please tell me
when did i start to believe them when they told me I couldn't be anything i wanted to be
someone please tell me when did they stop letting me be true to me.