To Be A Woman
Having been born a woman
Means placing your body at the service of others
Giving your time to others
Thinking only in terms of others
Having been born a woman
Means that your body is not yours
Your time is not yours
Your thoughts do not belong to you.
You must swim against all currents,
Rebel, fight and scream
Until you can push the boulders apart
And slip out through the crack,
Destroying the draw bridge, tearing down the walls.
Until you have liberated yourself
From the nothingness you will only conquer
With your woman’s voice, your verb.
- Daisy Zamora
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