A patriarchal figure head
A father figure
Someone I trusted
It was a sexist thing to say
but I had to work to get there
Work through my rage
work through my hurt
work through “I’m not enough”
yet again
I am a woman
I think like me
not like all other women
not like your stereotype
Stop defining us , confining us
in the cage of your mind
Start seeing me
standing in front of you
me, as I am
Because from now on
that’s all I’m willing to be
Content with my uniqueness
me as I AM
besliter 8/24/20
I wrote this in response to what was said to me by someone I trusted. The gift given was the opportunity to work through my triggers…to set myself free.
Powerful! I love this. I love you.
AMEN! Beautifully said, especially the part about defining and confining us.
Stop defining, stop confining . . .
And so it IS!
Thanks Barb
Home again. Good for you. People have been telling me for years I think like a man and I am like a man in a woman’s body. Well, I think. That’s a certainty. But I am more than my thoughts and I think for myself, not to please others or to conform, perform or adorn. Patricia Sun says that we must all become good fathers and mothers to ourselves. If that means we set healthy boundaries and assert our power as well as our desires in a straight-forward way, call it whatever makes sense to you. I am and that is ALL. Love and Power to you, Barb.
Love
“I am a woman
I think like me
not like all other women
not like your stereotype
Stop defining us , confining us
in the cage of your mind
Start seeing me
standing in front of you
me, as I am”
Many women nodded in agreement after reading your post. All that was missing from the comment was “You should smile more”.