Mother Knows Best

MY body is mine

And mine only

No matter what anyone says

No matter how I dress

No matter how someone gazes

"My body, my rules", that's what we tell our children!

I was born with just one body

Natural, pure, unblemished to start

Over the years it changed shape

From yoga guru to pudgy Mummy belly

For better, or for worse,

Was much admired, then abused beyond my force

Thankfully I didn’t get pregnant

Or had to live with the face of the perpetrator

It is there to breathe, run, dance, have babies, make love

It is whole

MY unique entity

MY personal property

Do not dictate what is done with it

For you do not know the road I have travelled

Appearances may be deceiving

This body harnesses many battle wounds inside

Please give women the freedom to protect what is theirs

For this is not...

Democracy

Humanity

Decency

True choice

Nor Progress.

This is an abuse of power.

Of civil rights.

Of the constitution.

Of simply being a woman.

Await the dire consequences to come America.