I had pushed my entire life
I argued, fought, defended and attacked
If I didn't agree
It didn't happen
Difficulty, it seemed
Followed me everywhere
Berating comments
Were met with anger
Boys don't like loud girls.
Taking a stance and defending it
I am the rage each woman is told to suppress
I am the fire you have so long extinguished
But I am dying
It wears on me like sandpaper
Until one day
I let it slide
I was complacent
Perhaps it's easier to give in
To shut your mouth and laugh at the jokes
The jokes about women you admire
The sentences turning you into an object
The words spoken, but shot like a bullet
The hatred held for an entire gender
So shut up
And be the soft woman the world expects
