Woman

Why is it so susceptible to understand

that because I am a woman I cannot stand?

That because I am a woman my thoughts are tainted

laced with emotion with which men are not acquainted?

That because I am a woman I'm expected to be below;

men are supposed to be smarter and I can't know how to grow?

That because I am a woman I'm thought to choose the path of a mother,

because a life without children is unfulfilling and ill suited for another?

It is because I am a Woman that I am equally as strong;

I can stand on my own and otherwise is where you're wrong.

It is because I am a Woman that my thoughts are divine;

they are different, they are beauty, and they are all mine.

It is because I am a Woman that my abilities are so vast;

I exceed in different skills, but that's no reason to contrast.

It is because I am a Woman that my mother's dedication is not unnoticed;

her love and strength permitted me to become in other areas devoted.