Here I am
Apologizing again
for waking up
And seeing red.
Bitter and cold
The tears flow
Draining all my energy
Pitifully I blame
Restless hours at night
Weakly I blame
My very being...
Being a girl
Being a woman
Yet no condolences
Are shared from him
For waking in fire
Freezing over into ice
That melts and
Falls endlessly
Down my face
Only questions
From man
About the monthly devil
Or accusations
Of going overboard
Yet again...
No boat is offered
To sit adrift in...
Only my being to blame
My shame
Of being a woman....
Apr 7, 2016
Apr 7, 2016 at 9:32 AM UTC
Here I am
Apologizing again
for waking up
And seeing red.
Bitter and cold
The tears flow
Draining all my energy
Pitifully I blame
Restless hours at night
Weakly I blame
My very being...
Being a girl
Being a woman
Yet no condolences
Are shared from him
For waking in fire
Freezing over into ice
That melts and
Falls endlessly
Down my face
Only questions
From man
About the monthly devil
Or accusations
Of going overboard
Yet again...
No boat is offered
To sit adrift in...
Only my being to blame
My shame
Of being a woman....
I'm not actually ashamed of being a woman, I hope that is not the message that comes across. My hope is to express that there is blame from men of women being over emotional, and we cannot always control it and by default we blame ourselves for feeling too strongly.
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