POETRY/WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Dear White Men

A poem

Women are tired of living in a world that favors white men. Photo by Leonardo Basso on Unsplash

Dear white men

Where have you been?

Women are struggling

Our patience worn thin.

My body,

Your choice?

Do I even have a voice?

For our freedoms, we fought

And with the punishment you’ve brought

Here we are

Once again

Feeling as if

We will never win.

If you trust your mothers, wives, and daughters

Don’t allow us to be put up as fodder

In a war with the religious right

Because we will never give up this fight.

Wherever you go

You are always free.

But as for women,

That is not to be.

Conservative doctrine

Bribed the courts.

Our wombs, now imprisoned.

But in us, you should trust.

As givers of life, we deserve more.

We are not stupid.