Poem -" I am a Woman "

I am a Woman

I am a Woman,

…born from the ribs of a ‘Man’;

I am a Woman,

They say…I am Honour of the ‘Clan’.

I am Equal of a ‘Man’,

Very early this Comparison ‘began’…

God made me beautiful...so I can ‘rejoice’…

But very soon they made their ‘choice’,

to protect me from ‘Tan’…,

from sun, wind, and lust of a ‘Man’.

Daughter, Sister, Friend, Wife and ‘Gran’,

All roles, -----I adore --------and ‘I can’;

Give birth to a ‘Man’, protect my child, and hold his ‘hand’....

Yes...all the pain, I love and I do ‘withstand’…..

Yet…always for me…its  they who take a ‘Stand’.

Marry me off-----to  a distant ‘land’...

This, they do as quickly as they ‘Can’.

For that’s my ‘destiny’….and they save every ‘penny’..;

to make the ceremony --- very ‘grand’.

Masters of my fate…they keep   changing ‘hands’...,

so I don’t return…even if it gets very ‘bland’.

 I embrace every change...I learn every ‘rope’,

Responsible, capable and full of ‘hope’.

Home and outside, Land and Space…all I can ‘Man... .’

Yet those who ‘care’ …are always full of  ’ scare’.

Join hands...they often do...to ‘Pry’…,

all the time...busy keeping an ‘Eye’…

And ever shouting loud,...“Ban, Ban, Ban “….

I am a Woman,

…. born from the ribs of a ‘Man’..;

I am a Woman,

They say…I am Honour of the ‘Clan’.

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