Once upon a time,
A human rose to walk the Earth,
But didn’t know what it was.
Answers came without an invite:
Human was told it was a She,
And there were others who were He.
So human learned to be a She.
And She was told how to play,
What to enjoy and what to desire.
Then they spoke of the colour of the skin,
Power and money, jobs, borders, sex.
Humans are just animals, people are categories.
She was told what to do,
Because that was the way to learn,
And She acted accordingly.
Then, one day, lightning struck,
Through Her body which now felt strange
Made Her conscious of Her skin.
The spark of wisdom, of being aware,
Played tricks on Her memory.
She remembered her life as a human vividly.
Between the instinct and the learned
She didn’t know what was the truth.
Between it all, who was She?
Lies, lies, all they said!
We are rules, but we are freedom,
We are both but we are neither.
Powerful verses… and a great tribute to those women who struggle against lies, among other stuff…
These verses truly resonated with me
Between the instinct and the learned
She didnβt know what was the truth.
Between it all, who was She?…
Thanks for sharing. Sending best wishes. Aquileana βοΈ
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Thank you! I’ve just recently decided to try to write some more poetry and I’m not sure if I’m good at it, so I really appreciate your kind comment. π
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You are very good at it… All my best wishes. Aquileana πβΊ
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Thank you! Wish you all the best, too. π
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Powerful message in there π
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Thank you so much π
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This was a pretty powerful poem. Self-discovery, and then pushed to conformity…. and then She lost who She was through it all. Makes me want to reassure Her and tell her she can be who She wants to be.
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Thank you so much π I just thought about different things that define us and how all of it is and at the same time isn’t us. We people are very complex, but as you said, let us hope that we can find what we can truly call “ourselves” among all of it. π
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This is stunning and so insightful. A creation and recreation story. Powerfully written.
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Thank you. I don’t often write poetry even though I really like it, and it’s something I’ve just recently started to “explore” so your comment really means a lot. π
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Keep it up π
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Fantastic piece..
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Thank you so much!
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