Woman

Tue, 05/24/2022 - 11:06 -- Mjmk

You are man

You tell me to clean

You tell me to cook

You tell me to put my hair up

Because it looks ugly

When it's down

You say "Watch your sister"

You make me clean

You make me cook

You make me put my hair up

All of this,

normal

Perfectly normal

I try to talk about important things

I talk about Johnny Depp

You tell me to be quiet

I talk about women

You talk like we're not even human

Like we're objects

Objects you can control

I talk about my rights

And you tell me to be quiet

You say it doesn't matter

You say I don't have any

You call me names

Good names

But bad names

Bad names I don't like

You call me Mk

You call me Judymay

You call me Cinderella

You call me slave

You call me a lady

You call me woman

And you say woman 

Like "Woman" are another species

Like we are inferior

You talk to me 

like I'm inferior

Though I don't understand why

Because we're both human

So tell me

Since you like to talk so much

How many laws are there

On a man's body?

Can't think of any,

Can you?

Well

Ok next question

What's my name?

No it's not slave

It's not Cinderella

It's not lady

My name is not Judymay

Or Mk

Those are not my name

What is my name?

Why are you cowering?

Are you scared?

Stop stuttering

Speak up

Where'd your confidence go

Huh?

Where'd it go?

Where's the big man now?

Where is he?

You are man

I am woman

I was not made for the kitchen

not for the dishes

God did not create me to fold your clothes

He did not make me for your entertainment

He made me to create 

To learn 

To stand up

To speak

To yell 

To shout

To care

To rule

I was made for great things

Greater than anything

you have planned for me

So I will create

I will learn

i will stand up

I will speak

I will yell

I will shout

I will care

And most importantly

I will rule

Because I am woman

And I am proud

 

 

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