The Shadow

To stand quietly behind a Man Was all that We could do. Never think, no, never speak; Be a lady through and through. Have dinner ready every night For a Man who shows no thanks. Spend our lives with a broom in hand, Just another day walking the plank. Oppression bores a movement, A movement causes change. Change creates our history, Now no longer are we estranged. We pushed towards equality To abandon the status quo; We fought to earn our rights, To step out of the shadow. Today I am able to dream Of all the things I strive to do. Being a Woman of modern America Has never offered a better view.