I a woman since I was a child
yet so often wanting to be a male
having opportunities of that sex
was however a forbidden trail
I started as a little sprout
I’d climb the old farm tractor
wanting to feel the powerful gears
large tires the ground’s compactor
“No you are but just a girl
get off that large machine
only boys and men can ride”
instead I learned to fix the thing
We may not have the same muscles
in groups as tight as men
but I assure we can compete
our minds out play many a man
woman are held back by walls and veils
girls become shields -what for?
“women can’t do many things”
though we are misused toys of war
have we not taken one step back
we women of this age
once students we at equal stance
perhaps it was just a phase
women used as young as ten
poured out in hands that measure
virgins once now sullied used
frankly no ones pleasure
women I call you fools
to slavery you newly bound
these sodden rights are truly foul
into dust we are ground
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With all the rights we talk about we are seeing women and young girls mistreated on a regular basis. Slavery, abduction, rape are daily occurences in our world.