My Waltzing Words

Woman

even the Word itself

has ‘man’ in it, as thOugh

it is iMpossible to express

femininity without. to me it sounds Almost

dirty, No it shouldn’t mean anything to me, to she

 

Woman

to me this Whispered holds strength

beyOnd what is imaginable.

for soMe still stand strong behind man

as i do, for i cAnnot escape it, him, it!

created with his stamp withiN me, on me. i hate it, him!

 

Woman

While irony holds his breath,

i loOk down on him.

urged to rid myself of hiM

longing to rid myself of this tOrture!

Need i him to live and breath? no! not i!

 

Woman

that is What i am!

tell me nOt differently or otherwise

that i am not who i aM on the inside! am i not?

why should my Appearance

defiNe me?!

 

Woman

Withheld to myself, i am someone else

some of thOse who know

call Me horrible things, ‘it’s confused!’,  while

only those who understAnd

call me what i Need; to them alone i am valid; i am a

 

Woman