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HerStory Apr 2018
Did you enjoy the chase
as you ran after my emotions?
did you enjoy pulling yourself up those walls that i had up?
did you enjoy  hammering every brick until I showed some of myself?
did you enjoy how it felt to be inside me ?
inside my mind , inside my emotions?
did you enjoy what you saw when those walls broke down?
did you care about what i said when i finally spoke openly ?
or did you just want to see that wall shattered before you went on your way ?
do you men have a problem with walls ?
because here I am rebuilding what you were so eager to tear down.
HerStory Apr 2018
if she didn't have so many reservations
maybe he could walk in
if she wasn't so big on hesitation
maybe she would let him
if she didn't care about people's opinions
she would give him everything
HerStory Apr 2018
Dear Parents
Teach her to read
before you train her to cook
she might create her own recipes
and write her own books
teach her to love herself
before she loves a man
she will nurture her soul in ways no one else can
teach her to earn
before you teach her to request
she will learn to make her own money
to build and invest
teach her to understand her body
before she aims to please a man
she will embrace her sexuality
in ways men won't undertsand
teach her to be independent
before she seeks help
she will always find strength in and of herself
let her know that she is power
and that God is her source
she will become an icon , an obstinate force.
HerStory Apr 2018
Crave her thoughts
the way you crave to hear her moan ,
absorb her ideas,
like they're your favorite cologne.
Try to understand her emotions like she's the NBA,
await her accomplishments
like your next payday .
HerStory Apr 2018
Dear Woman,
Embrace your curves
those hips and thighs are just as natural
as veins and nerves

Dear Woman
Speak your mind
Let your voice be unconfined

Listen Woman
Make your mark
you are both physically and mentally
a work of art .
HerStory Oct 2017
they ask us to hide our figures
because they figure it will stop the assault,
for every woman they  find laying somewhere disfigured
it's immediately our fault  
because we dress like this ,
we wear those pants that grab our thighs
and that slim fit dress that draws the eyes .
we were blessed but cursed with shape
that makes them blind to reason ,
so we must accept the myth of "requested ****"
and agree with mass unreason
right?

we must accept MAN-ipulation
because it happens by our fault,
they want us to hate what makes us woman
like its some sort of salt,
like its some sort of guzu,
like we are enemy to our curves,
likes hips and thighs aren't just as natural and veins and nerves.

they want us to be embarrassed
ashamed , so we don’t speak
they Make excuses for the perpetrator to make the victim weak .
But they need to STOP!

They need stop telling us what to wear
They need to stop telling us how to behave
The need to stop making a woman feel as though her body must have her enslaved
if its the clothes that we wear that lead to abuse,
why were fully clothed polish nuns ganged ***** in 1942
wearing habits revealing nothing but their faces?
why are Muslim women still being ***** in sacred places?
why are formally dressed women assaulted in  their workplaces?

They need stop blaming us for that mans lack of restraint
They need to address the issue instead of changing the complaint,
No Means No!

we need to encourage our sons to understand rejection
Because he cannot always get what he wants,
And he cannot forcibly take what he wants,
And the world is not his canvas!
He cannot cannot paint his insecurities everywhere!
and that girl is not his graveyard,
He cannot bury his anger in somebody’s daughter!
He needs to learn to accept the concept of NO.  
we do Not Consent , and they need to know .
Just because our  dresses may be a little  above knee length ,
Does not meet that we concede or consent ,
Just because we may walk with an extra sway
Doesn’t mean that it’s okay ...for him
To make me us next mistake
seeing something that he likes does not give him the right to take !
WE DO NOT CONSENT !

we do not consent to the myth of women aiding the intent
of **** , assault , and ****** harassment ,
Like our ancestors,
We DO NOT CONSENT!
Like the persecuted victims,
We DO NOT consent!
We Do not consent to assault , **** , or ****** indignities
Nor will we change to help your son fight his own insecurities.
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