#nobarriers
First,
You teach me to think
With my own brains
Feel out my way
With my own feet
Treat me the same
As the boys
Second,
You put me in a school
Where they teach me to read
- oh, what a world!
They teach me to look
At international
Literature
- Marge Piercy,
Maya Angelou
And the like
Next,
You show me the crimson
Powder meant for foreheads
A deeper red for blood
Spilt on beds.
A life of compromise
And adjustment
Ripping out my ideas
And opinions
Telling me they're worthless
A baby, a house,
A life of adjustment
Is all this was meant for.
Tearing my beliefs
In an equal world
An equal society
Where society rises
To meet human morality
Is this what you taught me to read for?
Sorry sirs, ladies.
I tip my hat and bow.
Sorry to disappoint.
I was meant for an equal position
And I'll take it
- by force or mutual
compromise.
Mar 5, 2015
Mar 5, 2015 at 9:16 AM UTC