Woman
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