UNJUSTLY A WOMAN

Tell me, why do they want be to be softer

Quieter

Calmer?

Do they not know that I surf storms in my sleep?

Do they not think that I dare to dream

Of a destiny

that you have set me?

Tell me, why do they find me intimidating

Opinionated

Abrasive?

Do they not know that I run the race for my rights?

Do they not think that I long to lead

A legacy

that you have set me?

Tell me, why must they see me as blunt

Bossy

Bitchy?

Why can’t they see me as bold

Brave

Brainy?

Or am I not eligible for such attributes

Am I simply not privileged?

Oh how unfortunate that I was born a woman!

Unfortunately, I’m just a woman.

And the only other option I have is to be more than a woman

And that makes me not quite like a woman.

But I’m just a woman.

Unjustly, a woman.

Hamdi Khalif

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