There is this expectation
that when a black women feels
injusticed
she should do something radical
sit on the wrong part of the bus
hide justice in her basement
write a song
author a war inducing book

The truth is though
when a black woman
when any woman
feels the world against her
she wants to cry
she wants to scream
she wants to act impulsive

It is unfair to ask me to stay calm
as my gender is belittled
to sit still
as our mental states are questioned
to not want to scratch out some eyes
or start our own ****** war
when our skin color starts to offend

I want to cry
I want to scream
I want to start my own personal war
you don't know me
you don't know who I am
you don't know my pain
so don't you dare tell me how to manage it