Today I walk,
hesitating and scared.
All the way I wonder
will I be spared?
At home stay them,
those loved ones
who debate within
imagine me chased by guns.
Today is the day
all my folk are silenced,
taken for granted,
eternally fenced.
It is me,
the voice
of the women who surrender,
those very women, victims of the thunder.
those very women
whose bodies have been scarred,
those very women
whose lives have been marred.
By what means,
By what reason
Am I exploited,
maimed by treason?
Who gives menfolk
The power to rape?
To molest, to remove
the dignity I drape?
I have every strength,
I have all you do.
In fact much more
and rationality too.
All I declare,
all that I make clear
Enough is Enough,
Do you hear?
I've given you more
than you've ever deserved.
Gone are the days
I acted reserved.
This shall not be repeated
so get it right.
Touch me and beware
of the wrath of my might.