What is a woman?
Gentle, supple, soft and round?
Be seen, be pretty but make no sound?
A token, a mother, a maid and a nurse?
History teaches to be woman is a curse
But I am woman
Strong of will, of mind and of body
Rugged, jagged and hairy, immodest
Independent, determined, utterly unpretty
My worth is not determined by my fertility
I am woman
I carry beauty with each wrinkle and scar
I am a symbol of progress and raising the bar
I am the ocean eroding an outdated mold
I am woman and I won't do as I'm told
©lisasch
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