WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

By: Melissa Sepulveda

I am a woman

I breathe see and feel things just like you

My body moves, walks, and talks

You’re not the only few

I am a woman

Growing.

Sprouting.

Blooming.

My mother tells me to be safe.
Walking the street might cause the wrong kind of breeze to blow my way.

My flower is not for anyone's ruining.

They tell me to shut my mouth

Acting like im a venus fly trap.

Here trying to fill me with doubt

Acting like my mouth is the cap to their sprite’s stout.

Telling me that I’m a girl

That I still haven’t explored the world.

You know what? You’re right.

The world explored me

Even when I said no

They explored me like Columbus explored the sea.

You see,

We live in a world where people can get away with doing these things to us.

As women of today

When we protest they say we are throwing a fuss.

Guess what? Fuss is what you need to understand that things need to change!

Lets be like Rosa Parks and deny sitting in the back of the bus.

Lets be like Malala and wear our heads high to show our fight.

Lets me like Frida Kahlo and create art that is raw and uncut.

Lets be like Naomi Wadler and show that as women we are bright.

We stand here today to show that being different is okay.

Speaking up is being brave.

Speaking loud is being proud.

Being you is being unique.

As we grow into our figures despite our stunted growth I call society.

Let us flourish and  become women of yesterday, women of today, women of tomorrow.

We are the future.

By: Melissa Sepulveda