American women try to take back
Our rights to make decisions about
Our bodies, our families
Iranian women fight to liberate
Their hair, seeking freedom from
Patriarchal, tyrannical rule
Grieving so many years of being
Silenced, shushed like little girls
Instead of adult women
Why do men try to control
Women so?
We have each been birthed into
Our cultures, these spaces and
Places that support men’s towering
Over women and girls
Their attempting to control our
Bodies, our brains, our looks
Our hair and our spirits
But
You can tie me down to a bed
You can burn me at a stake
Watching me die - and still
My Soul will unleash the chain
You placed around me, healing
Every arrow you shot through
My heart
My Soul leaps with Ecstasy and Joy
You can no longer strangle my sweet spirit
My sacred and sublime spark will burn
Your fingertips
Every time you try to touch me
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