To hold the whole world in the palm of your hand
But to be as fragile as a broken winged bird
To do far more than you should
And to have enough strength left over
That nutures a needful child

To stand alone sometimes
To maintain your own belief system
To find beauty in the world
To desire to be beautiful
But frustrated with society's need for false beauty
To find a female friend who understand your tears
When life is not a bowl of cherries

To keep a chin up when you want to be emotional
To laugh and shout and act crazy
To carry on an intelligent, stimulating conversation
To have the courage to be wrong
For the sake of peace
To be allowed to be human
In spite of "you can have it all"
To take a risk you always wanted to do
But never had the guts before to try
To create art
Or to be an athlete
To negotiate
To relate
To be a leader and not always submit

Or whatever I forgot to mention

To do the unusual
Or the unheard of
And to run away
To a secret hiding place
Nestled in your very own dream
Might be something a male mind might take for granted
But these are qualities
That women could not always do
Throughout the ages

But, to me, they are important
To be a woman