This is an ode
To women around the world
Who have chosen this day
To Rise
My sisters who refuse to be seen and treated
As a commodity
Who demand that their rights
To their own bodies
Be Respected
Who have suffered abuse
Raped, beaten
Underpaid, hidden away
Their sexuality and their lives
Taken
NO MORE!!!
This is an ode
To the Women who Rise
And those who are afraid to
Women bound by the chains
Of mental illness:
Depression, anxiety, eating disorders
Borderline personality disorder, codependency, substance abuse
And too many others to name
Women forced into the sex trade
Constrained to motherhood
Kept out of the public sphere
Their voices silenced
NO MORE!!!
This is an ode
To the Women who Rise
And the men who stand with them
Love for women is not
Chocolate, roses, romance
Respect is not a pedestal
Or poetry
Love for women is Rising
Against violence
Hypersexualization
Devaluation
Forced conformity
Love for women is having courage and strength
To question society
And talk about the things
That scare us into complacency
NO MORE!!!
This is an ode
To Women Around the World
Those who Rise
Those too afraid to
And the men who stand with them
in response to today’s prompt from The Daily Post:
It’s Valentine’s Day, so write an ode to someone or something you love. Bonus points for poetry!
a day with depression 
This is really beautiful and very powerful. I’d like to share this with due respect to a poetry group I belong to if that is ok with you.
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I would be honored. Thank you. 🙂
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