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Feminism is not about you and me,
For me it stands for humanity.
A little love, a little respect,
Is all I crave, is all I expect.
You call me a goddess,
Fold your hands and pray to me.
Yet each day, each hour,
Ask me to prove my virginity.
I want to be a part of your world,
With the good and the bad it hurls.
Like you I want to live and breathe,
Without fear of suffocation and Breach.
Taking each step with dignity,
Without paying for my sexuality,
Nothing beyond the ordinary,
Just an opportunity to equality.
I don’t wish to lead,
I don’t wish to follow,
I don’t wish to lead,
A life, that’s so hollow.
Don’t put me on a pedestal,
Let me walk beside you.
Don’t bow down to me,
Let me fly like you.
I can’t do it alone,
Only together is a plus.
One without the other,
Will remain a minus.
You and I make an Us,
In each other we have to trust.
Walking hand in hand,
To the land of equal opportunity…
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3 Comments on "You And I"
One day One day I say maybe just maybe–I enjoyed reading your poem—but reckon the femenist movement messed that up.
Wonderfully put across call for adding to the power of a woman…Beautiful!
Great poem ma’am. And fabulous work and expression.