I am a girl / my dreams have wings / you can’t clip them off / because I am not the bird in your cage / you are not my voice / because I have my own voice / and I know how to speak for myself / my body is not your journal / because I get to fill it up with my words / I am not your desire / because I don’t satisfy them / you obliterate the building blocks of my dreams / you tether them up and halter them / but my dreams can still survive / and can still live / because I am dexterous and I have the strength to mend it and let it fly / I have super powers that you don’t / I might curl up in a ball and bleed / but you can still find me with a smile straightening the curl and continue with my life / because and only because I am a girl / I have a heart that is brave / and you can find valour in me / but I cry / because you let me down / but you letting me down doesn’t mean I let myself down / you don’t give any ounce of respect / because I am a girl / they say that’s how the society works and I just have to deal with it / your opinions might be gainsaid / because I have my own opinions / I am a girl and I may or may not shield the weapons of acne on my face / I won’t use your white paint on my face / because I am a girl and I love the way I am / I am a girl and I am not always the pinks and flowers / I am much more than that / I can put light and meaning to the word home / but I am not always the homemaker or your cook or your maid / I am much more than that / I am a girl and that doesn’t make me any less of a human being than you are.
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