i am a woman

why do you make me cover my face
why do i have to hide my body
behind a silhouette,  and speak in darkness
why do i have to ask in whispers
why do you allow my voice be silenced?!

look at me! and i will look at you straight in the eye
i am the body that bore you into this world
my breasts are what fed you as an infant
my hands are what nurtured you to become a man
my voice is what gave you the first thoughts you have
my feet were your guide when you weren't strong enough!

i am a woman

i have my beauty that men like you adore
i exude sensuality that drives men like you wild
my strength is one no man can even understand
my will cannot be conquered by anyone

if i love you, i will love you till the last
but i will tell you when i have had enough
like you will, but not with shame nor regret
i will leave you with pride that once
you've been loved

i am a woman

and i have some flaws too.
i am not perfect
but that's how i know
it's perfectly fine not to be
as you are not
as nothing in this world was
nothing is or ever will be

if  i've been wronged, trust me!
i shall fight, till he who errs rectifies
if i've been shamed, believe me
contrary to your belief, i did not want that

i put on make up because i feel good when i do
i wear my hair short so i can move comfortably
i wear short skirts because they're cool for me
i act, talk and walk like i do, because i am me

i am a woman

and i am a person just like you
do not measure me as an object to please you
i do not need your pedestal where you leave me
alone and detached, away and unheard
except on sundays, or nights you have the need
to remember

i will walk the ground you walk, i will toil
on land as you, my skin will burn in sun like yours
i will cry for help if i step on a stubble
and i will speak pain, without shame,
of my bleeding wounds

i am a woman

and i will be as i am
keep the curtains in your closet,
i need not cover my past
save the shades for the birds
i want light laid on my path

i am a woman

i know what i want and come hell
or high waters, i will go for that
i will shed tears, and sweat and blood
when i need to, i will stake my life
there is no giving up

i am a woman, i have my rights
just like you
i will speak of them on a spotlight
i will fight for them on the battleground
i will not hide, i am not taking a passive stance
i will hurt and i will be hurt, i will be mocked
and i will laugh, as the bell sings end
i know i would have won, and you
can ever again judge me not

let's talk an end

no, let's not

talk about love tonight

that excuse had been

battered enough

let's talk words, clear

precise... and absolute!

no guesses, no gaps

no poems!

none of that, tonight

or

let's just talk

in a defined silence

even 

in disfigured rage,

in waning strength,

in sheer madness

unnamed spades

an end... yes, that!

let's talk that

tonight...