Seething snakes spitting poison
Vile corrosive attacks
Heart halves tearing apart
Drop the bomb and let it burn
Destruction feels imminent
Rage is breath on fire
It is a rampage of adrenalin
Flaming like lava
Through veins
In anguish
Fingers stamp out words on these keys
Chest is bubbling in acid
Screams caught in the windpipe
Ready to implode at any minute.
Flares to Sekhmet!
A desperate plea for help
Waging war, hot eruptions
Long term suppressors of women
(oh how we have suppressed ourselves
and allowed ourselves to be suppressed)
LET ME SPEAK
I HAVE A RIGHT TO MY EMOTIONS
HEAR ME ROAR
Wholeness stealers
Bite yourselves back
You are no longer welcome here
Thieves, slave makers
Fear filled controllers
Eat your own projections
And let my full power
E
RESS
I will not be contained by your narrow minded
8 by 8 box
I will not be squashed down
And forced into your expectations
FREE ME
I am woman
I AM WOMAN
“Be nice
Be like a mouse
Submit, be permissive
Lie down and be walked all over
Say yes when you mean no
Apologise for your existence
Do not dance
Do not sing
Do not value your creativity
Do not let out your emotions
Sit on your rage
Til it twists your body in pain
Please
Appease
Be ashamed of being you
Do not stand up for yourself
Do not demonstrate your true power
Evil, witch, downright bitch,
Harlot, prostitute
ONLY a mother, INDEED
(Yes she who sets your foundations for life)
Don’t value yourself
Be worthless
Put your needs last
Don’t show the real you
Don’t be individual
Don’t voice your pain
Hide behind your smile
(All the while
dying inside)
LIES ALL LIES
Bondage and ties
Bitterness can be so sweet
Released into contained words
Vented now
Contented now
Submission Name: Reclaiming Rage - A rant for Women
