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To be a woman Is to be property To act ladylike Is to mold into the stereotype To speak up is unheard of Just go crawl behind the white man you see in front of you A glimpse Of steel is all you see before The warmth of blood drains every part Every being you thought to be strong Now gone Pick up the pieces Bandage that wound We have a war One that was fought before Blood on the knife Stained the suit of the man walking to the congress chair He holds it up with a smile And the other men in the house follow As they add it to the closet of achievements We are strong We are not blind to perspective We see in color Stitch up the knife wound Targeted at the abdomen Property does not fight back A piece of land does not speak words The cornfields do not unite To be a woman Is to have a voice One loud enough to be heard over laws That prohibit natural human rights Our bodies are not to be tagged by the market vendor down the street Politicians now playing a game of operation in their makeshift white coats Forgetting all that we have achieved Women's bodies are now more dangerous Than a gun on school property To have a body Is to have a choice To be a woman Is to bring justice and unity to all
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Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020 at 12:25 PM UTC
For Old Times Sake
To be a woman Is to be property To act ladylike Is to mold into the stereotype To speak up is unheard of Just go crawl behind the white man you see in front of you A glimpse Of steel is all you see before The warmth of blood drains every part Every being you thought to be strong Now gone Pick up the pieces Bandage that wound We have a war One that was fought before Blood on the knife Stained the suit of the man walking to the congress chair He holds it up with a smile And the other men in the house follow As they add it to the closet of achievements We are strong We are not blind to perspective We see in color Stitch up the knife wound Targeted at the abdomen Property does not fight back A piece of land does not speak words The cornfields do not unite To be a woman Is to have a voice One loud enough to be heard over laws That prohibit natural human rights Our bodies are not to be tagged by the market vendor down the street Politicians now playing a game of operation in their makeshift white coats Forgetting all that we have achieved Women's bodies are now more dangerous Than a gun on school property To have a body Is to have a choice To be a woman Is to bring justice and unity to all
#genderequality#society#together
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Jun 1, 2020
Jun 1, 2020 at 12:25 PM UTC
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