Because I Am A Girl... by ErigizzyE13
1) Because I am a girl...
A child born after hours of labour and pain
A miraculous gift, the world's gain
I am no different than my brothers before me
Yet my father sighs as he lays his sight on me
Another girl after all this bother
He says accusingly to my bleeding mother
All because I am a girl.
2) Because I am a girl...
A few months into life yet deemed unworthy and impure
My parents tell me, "This is how you'll make a good wife"
Voiceless I remain as they cut and sow me with a common kitchen knife
My mother holds me down as I look into her eyes
But how can I blame her, she was once a girl too
She once looked into her mother's eyes and she felt the way I do
All because I am a girl.
3) Because I am a girl...
Time for school and all the boys run as carefree as one can be
I'll receive an education too, different as it may be
As they learn in class how to conquer tomorrow
I'm given a crash course to a woman's sorrow
All because I am a girl.
4) Because I am a girl...
Purposeless but for one thing
The tears streaming down my face could not stop the wedding
I look at my parents and all of my siblings
I plead with them to stop this madness but all they do is offer blessings.
All because I am a girl.
5) Because I am a girl...
I've learned that mine is an ugly fate
Nothing but a common livestock sent off to mate
For I am a child bearing a child
And he is a beast that doesn't live in the wild
Nothing but a heartless man who would take a child to get a child
All because I am a girl.
6) Because I am a girl... and not yet a woman
They told me what they thought I should be and not what I could be
They held me down by my arms and by my feet
They feared what I would become if I were let free.
All because I am a girl.
7) But because I am a girl and I will be a woman
Breaking the society's chains and barriers
A beacon of light, empowerment warrior
Out for justice for the rights they deprive
This is just the beginning I am yet to thrive
Yes, because I am a girl.
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