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What is a woman? She is too much . Too much joy, like her heart is a bird which beats wildly against the cage of her chest, (the cage Adam gave her, keeping her together) Too much pain to contain alone, a tether To the hands of those who might abuse her . Too unrestrained in love that it spills into the world freely, unknowing of the price Too free in this jealous world, that seeks to condemn what it cannot consume, Ex lovers, or demons she dare not exhume . Too much place in her skin, too much shine in each tress Too much space in her limbs, so she must become less So much beauty and life, to love and to touch She knows what she wants, a little too much . Too tender to be broken, so she must become tough And what is a man, But not enough
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Oct 27, 2022
Oct 27, 2022 at 1:28 AM UTC
What is a woman
What is a woman? She is too much . Too much joy, like her heart is a bird which beats wildly against the cage of her chest, (the cage Adam gave her, keeping her together) Too much pain to contain alone, a tether To the hands of those who might abuse her . Too unrestrained in love that it spills into the world freely, unknowing of the price Too free in this jealous world, that seeks to condemn what it cannot consume, Ex lovers, or demons she dare not exhume . Too much place in her skin, too much shine in each tress Too much space in her limbs, so she must become less So much beauty and life, to love and to touch She knows what she wants, a little too much . Too tender to be broken, so she must become tough And what is a man, But not enough
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Oct 27, 2022
Oct 27, 2022 at 1:28 AM UTC
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