Do you have to punish me
every time I open my mouth?
Is that the way you think
all of us are ever going to be worth?
I was a hero, but you shunned me,
and told me I would be nothing
since I'm only a woman.
I was a warrior and I thought every life
mattered, but in a game of chess,
the queen may be powerful,
but she never matters.
I was a lover and I bled out
for my love because I tried to erase
even a little of the vast violence you created,
and you captured me, and roped me,
and threw me back into the abyss.
I was a mother and I gave my best
but my best would never be worth
anything since although you tell
everyone you prize me,
you never help out.
I was a woman,
and you decided I wasn't enough.
