The feminine urge
Silk dress
The feminine urge to be pretty but also not seen as pretty, only hard. Only brutal. Never easy enough to love to be tricked into standing still at the wrong place. At the wrong time.
The feminine urge to be safe on a street wearing pink, bare feet and a silk dress in the wind. The feminine urge to look over my shoulder every time I hear a twig snap.
The feminine urge to move with the moon and not have to excuse that everything will forever be a vicious cycle. That we are our own seasons and every single morning I will wake up not knowing what my eyes really look like. Are they green or am I jealous of the way none of the men I know negotiate their existence every time they want to talk about pleasure. Or pain. The feminine urge to hold a child's hand. To be a child again. To be protected without question and never once told that your skirt is too short to play soccer on a summers afternoon. How could I be viewed as anything other than sacred?.
The feminine urge to hold space for every animal, to bleed red blood on wet soil on the nights that the rain brings us all to our knees.
The feminine urge to stay poised for everything other than a better view of the birds that fly on by without ever looking back. For everything other than finally knowing what it tastes like to own yourself. And to speak without your voice breaking.
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Comments (22)
Great story! ❤️
Great work and message Georgia! Congrats on your leaderboard placement. 😊🎉🎉👏
"The feminine urge to move with the moon and not have to excuse that everything will forever be a vicious cycle." Damn, yes. As I have just imbibed in my vicious cycle (love the PMS, mmm), I completely relate to this. Fantastic poem, Georgia, and congratulations on TS!
"To speak without your voice breaking." Your poem spoke volumes of truths! Beautiful!
Beautiful
I've read this a couple of times, before commenting. This is just stunning. So emotionally-fraught, so brutally honest. But, written with such beautiful elegance. I am just sorry that it's that hard for women. I know my wife would relate to all you've said, so much. I subscribed after reading this. Congrats on this getting Top Story, it deserves it!
I *felt* this
Wow - what a beautifully sad and thought provoking piece! Congrats on TS!
I like this a lot, Georgia. You've wrenched something very visceral and real from a seemingly innocuous meme. We have such a fine, delicate balance to walk.
Wow, Georgia....that was a beautiful piece of writing. You expressed these feelings so well!!
Congratulations on your Top Story🎊🎉😊💕☝️
Beautiful
God this hit me so hard. It’s such a painful line we have to walk and you put it so beautifully into words.
I have a masculine urge to know more... Great TS! ;)
Nice Image... Congratz on the Top Story Jones
Congratulations on your Top Story,
This is nothing short of spectacular writing. The repetitive flow works so well here. I loved everything about this. Congrats on the Top Story
The silk dress in the wind stopped me in my tracks. Perfectly eloquent 😁
Wow that was really powerful! So well written. And it had such a lovely flow with that repetition of “the feminine urge.” Very insightful to read, great job with this!
Omg. Omg. I want to like… be sponsored by this poem. This is just way too good. Thank you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼✨ you are epic
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Nice! Great job 💚