
There is a notion
requires no potion
sadly quite alien
still to this day
that women can thrive
not merely survive
be part of society
what a concrete analogy

that women can vote
and women can speak
women can write
and women can read
women can be engineers
entrepreneurs, astronauts, teachers
authors, mechanics, technologist, artists
directors, producers, presidents without fears

they can be mothers and sisters
caring and daring
they can be daughters and ministers
always prevailing
women need not be harsh
to achieve all that we can be
that is another sterotype
brought on by need
the invisible threat, that women want power
as men become less by the hour

It is not an issue of women
it is an issue of society
we hold back the potential of nations
when we decide intellect has gender

education is at most
not the tool for the lost
but the ability to gain knowledge
the wisdom of college

if a woman can speak
and a woman can write
than a woman can lead
and a woman can thrive

we don’t have to be objects
or hide our feminine side
we don’t have to believe we are scarlets
and pretend we are blind
to a man’s given label
 easier to threat in scars
instead of owning, boy, I’m not stable

for women can be presidents
and women can be residents
women can achieve exellence
and we don’t have to condescend

we don’t have to be hateful
we don’t have to be a threat
we only need to be ourselves
and use the given power within

not to hate, but to love
not to blame, but overcome
not to shame, but to thrive
not to oppress, but to gain

the ability to see
all that we can be
how beautiful we already are
how wonderful we can truly be
Just as we are
Women
Happy Women’s Day indeed
A poem inspired by women who pave the way and progress of society.