What is the hardest thing
about being
a woman?
He asked me
In sincerity

I thought
Meditated
Pondered
And debated
For many weeks
Thereafter

What is hardest
I replied
Is that I could explain

Every pain from my anatomy
Every smack on the ***
Every “*****” yelled towards me
Every law that was passed
Every asinine standard
I’ve strived for unseen
while the man I adore
ogles girls
on a screen
Every injustice
Every **** case unheard
Every “no” ignored
Every dream deferred
Every time I felt less than
A man

And you still could not understand