A Stand For Equality
To All,
There’s just one thing I don’t get,
this one thing, almost a threat.
The one reason all wish to abet
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Why am I viewed as a damsel in distress
For what reason am I subject to sorrow
And why do all think with their words they can bless
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I don’t want your help nor for you to follow
All this talk of just trying to assist me
You can’t see, it just leaves me feeling hollow
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Yes, I can handle responsibility
And no thank you, I don’t need help with my bags
I am strong; even the alone are carefree
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Don’t give me your pity; I don’t own white flags
Enough with the sexism and stereotypes
I am my own person, tired of finger wags
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Saying shush as if I don’t bear stars and stripes
This land promised rights, not disadvantages
Yes I’m a woman, and yes I have these gripes
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People striking from different vantages
The media, press, even the President
Don’t you know what our real disadvantage is?
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Viewed as an inferior to great extent
Equality is what we must engender
Through judgement and bias, we must stay unbent
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We must unite against every offender
Women together, we must stay persistent
Women together, we’ll never surrender
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Even though equivalence might seem distant
Our battle for fairness must be constant
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Signed,
Emily Weissman
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