I am ‘woman’

Send your subtractive labels

to where no sun shines

For I am 'woman'

I am more than:

bloodshed, birthed child, tidy house

I am.

I am.

I AM!

Watch this eye watch the world

watch this mouth

with its wit;

this hand with a pen;

this foot on the earth

watch me fill my soul

with glorious experience

histogenesis:

'woman' to 'sister'- you: 'brother'

We are.

We are.

We are!

Inspired by Maya Angelou's "Phenomenal woman". I like how Angelou's poem and quote strengthens the notion and idea of 'a woman'. I take that strength into my poem, but I also add my own message: 'man' and 'woman' are in essence the same, for they "are", i.e. they co-exist by ways of 'humanity'. I hence take great inspiration in the original poem at the same time as I allow myself to critizice the idea of 'woman' as something particular. Rather: I present the idea of a 'woman' and 'man' as complete equals by ways of shared humanity. © 12 days ago