Take ownership of every inch of you Each individual strand of hair On your head That glint in your eyes Your sharp, dangerous smile The suffocating curve Of your hips Your slender legs That’s all you
The declarations exploding out of your mouth Like fireworks Popping, popping, popping Beautifully disrupting silence Beautifully making your presence known Staining everything it touches In hot, vibrant color That’s all you That all belongs to you
Remember that Tattoo it on your heart Because people will try To wipe it away Like eraser shavings taking up space You are not temporary You are eternally beautiful Let my smile remind you My natural laugh My loose shoulders You are phenomenal A strong, powerful woman You’ll leave your print in the stars
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“Step Up”
“...I think it has to begin with women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls — who want to be musicians, who want to be engineers, who want to be producers, who want to be part of the industry on the executive level — to step up.”
Why are women being told to “step up?” Do you not see the tears in each word The blood in each lyric The fire in every performance You cannot wash it all away Or remold it like clay Women do not need to step up Neil Portnow You should step down