We Are Women

Why should we suffer when you are the culprit?

Why should we hurt when the blame lies on you?

We are women but we are not weak.

We fight everyday for our freedom and our lives. 

We stand tall facing calamities that you cower from. 

But you don't know our worth and you fail to value us. 

You take and you snatch and forget the rules of humanity. 

We struggle against you for our dignity but 

you ravage and you destroy without a thought.

You throw us down, seize us and rape us,

 leave us numb and shattered. 

We are women and we are not weak. 

We rise from the ashes like the phoenix. 

We fly with our wings outstretched. 

You may try to crush us and tame us but we are resilient.

You try to suppress our hopes and our dreams 

but we are mothers and we create.

We forge our own life and 

you cannot cripple it with your violence.

We nurture it with strength that you forget we have.

We will not suffer because you are the culprit.

We will not hurt because the blame lies on you.