I choose Me

Pa·tri·arch·y

Look sexy, look thin,
you must be wanted.
High heels and red lipstick.
Come on baby flaunt it.

You are not enough.
You need me to complete
You.

Don't act too smart.
I am not looking at your
heart.

You are here to serve
me.

I want you.
What you don't like me?
Not your choice
Wait you thought you
are free?
Let me laugh and disagree.

You dare want to
step out of these norms.
Get ready for the storm.

Sexy curves.
I will give my
my heart to who it
deserves.

You are enough,
Infact you are more.
Because in your belly
Hope and Life do you carry.

I wear sneakers and no
lipstick and I dance to my own tune.

I can see through
your desire.

I serve myself.

I am not yours to take.
I am not another possession
you can buy
I will with my being this fucked up
System defy.

The prize, I will gladly pay

Because, I can keep my dignity.
And that you can never take.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This is a caustic poem, as if you're spitting out the venom we are inundated with since childhood about male superiority. Even tho I'm glad you wrote this in a way where the woman has a voice, I get the impression that the man's voice is still dominant, especially since it comes first & also becuz it's not clear where the woman's voice begins . . . I had to go back & re-read & I'm still not sure where the woman starts. I'd rather see something as more of a bold splash to clearly delineate the woman's part of this poem. Maybe putting some space to break it into two verses (((HUGS)))

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

An empowering poem that shatters societal norms on what beauty is as well as what womanhood should be. Be your own beauty and dance to your own tune. Do not conform to what media or society believes. Blaze your own trail and be true to your own self.

[EmeraldHeart]

Thank you so much Carlos. This means a lot specially coming from a male with an open mind.

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

You are very welcome I was raised by my grandmother who was a very strong woman and who very much lived and believed in the values your poem speaks of. Thank you for your art.