BECAUSE WOMAN ARE TAUGHT
TO KEEP SILENT IN TIMES THEY SHOULD NOT
I WON'T, AND
IF I AM TAKEN TO THE GROUND,
WORN DOWN,
THAN SOMEONE ELSE WILL MARK MY SPOT
WHERE I LIE, AND
TAKE MY PLACE.
MOTHER MAY ADORE THE
MANNEQUIN SMILES, AND FATHERS AND BROTHERS,
EVEN LOVERS DEFEND THE IMAGE WITH THEIR
LIVES UNTIL, MY SISTERS BEGIN
TO EMBRACE IT.
I CAN LOOK AT MYSELF, AND FIND
ONE SMALL PERSON, STANDING.....
NOT AT WAR AGAINST THE WORLD, BUT
AN INNER SHADOW BOXER.
