Us Women
The world is "modernizing", we are all progressing just fine,
"Equal opportunities for women", BUT only before nine,
Cause from nine to morning seven, it's still a man's world,
While our wings are no more chained, some of us are still caged birds.
And Even then this "changed" world ceases to exist beyond our window blinds,
Behind which we are taught to sit straight, cross our legs and close our minds,
And reminded that every wrong move is an open invite for him
To consider our body as his toy, built to degrade and destroy beyond mere skin.
And while some of us have managed to get out of this swamp of...
"Equal opportunities for women", BUT only before nine,
Cause from nine to morning seven, it's still a man's world,
While our wings are no more chained, some of us are still caged birds.
And Even then this "changed" world ceases to exist beyond our window blinds,
Behind which we are taught to sit straight, cross our legs and close our minds,
And reminded that every wrong move is an open invite for him
To consider our body as his toy, built to degrade and destroy beyond mere skin.
And while some of us have managed to get out of this swamp of...