I am a Woman

I am a woman

I am an entity.

Not meant to have a life

No hopes, no aspirations

for me.

I am a woman

I become a liability

If I dare to scream

If I dare to dream.

I am a woman

I am a thing to be owned

A thing to be trained

A thing to be maimed.

I am a woman

I can not laugh out loud

Can not be outspoken

I can not be proud.

I am a woman

I should cook, wash and feed

If I choose to be different

I become a healthy garden’s weed.

I am a woman

I can not choose a life for me

Others will dictate it

The way they want it to be.

I am a woman

But like them, I am human too

A heart also beats inside me

I am also alive, yes its true.

Even in chains, I am a woman

And a woman I will always be

The day is not far away

When I’ll finally break free.

Then they will scream, they will shout

They will sigh and cry

But I will be far, far away

Flying high into the sky.

Yes, I am a woman

And I will be free.
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