Unlike A Woman

I feel trapped. 

In this body that consumes me,

Bleeds for humanity's growth

And is commercialized 

As meat for pleasure. 


I am caged. 

In the society that binds me

In the conditioning, I was taught

In the resistance of my questions. 


I feel suffocated.

In the idea of someone in your head

Of what a woman should and shouldn't be

The roles you want me to play

The character you want me to be. 


What if I want to break free? 

Express my thoughts, live my dreams

Stand by my opinion, refuse your ideas? 

I become tagged and assassinated, 

My character questioned, 

My upbringing dragged, 

My identity jeopardized. 

Why? 


Because a woman dared to 

Act like a Man you could never be. 

© Suranya