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WE ARE MORE
Women
we are not machines
designed to solely produce
at the whim of those
pounding keys and
pressing buttons at their fancy
We are meant to
smash ceilings
Yet we risk becoming
collateral damage
when we neglect to don our own helmets,
arming ourselves against lies:
that our bodies are tools
and they define our worth
that our minds are fragile
limited in capability and lacking in competence
that success is only possible by neglecting our truest forms,
and our own achievement must be snatched from another
because supply is scarce
These molds we’ve uncomfortably succumbed to
whether by force or simple acceptance
We now step above these notions
on our way to the top
Shattering floors and ceilings alike.


Meet The Poet
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