Mercedes Hodge Poet Rhyme

Androgny

Is a little bit of me, of him, the earth, and the air 
It’s hurting deep inside, but never showing a care
 It’s accepting life as it comes, whether just or unfair
 It’s only consulting with the man upstairs
 The Supreme seer that supplies my needs 
And count my hairs 
It’s accepting that I’m worth more than a fling on my back
 It’s bringing forth life from clay and dirt
 Suffering through pain and hurt
 Labeled as Mother Earth docile and sweet 
Yet, capable of full attack and bringing the heat
 Androgyny is... Knowing when to bite my tongue 
And making a stand for self 
It knows when to love someone else and when to put them back on the shelf
 Androgyny is… tasting the sweet fruits of success and accepting the ills of defeat
 it’s being a lioness in the sheets
 A conqueror in the streets 
It’s bringing the wicked to their feet 
Then switching it back to sexy and sweet 
Androgyny never...  Denies the desires of a physical man 
But only implies there’s some of him in me and me in him 
Sometimes more than he’ll ever understand 
It’s realizing that he’s nothing without me and without him
 Our existence breaks the chain 
It’s accepting that mankind’s survival is the only reason why I got sex on the brain
 Androgyny is... not about game playing, bed hopping, and bootie laying 
It’s about structure, understanding, family, and praying 
It’s about the fusion of man and woman that bring forth child 
It’s about realizing that he and I share ribs 
What’s his is mine and what’s mine is his
 Full understanding is his job
 But, when he denies me of that totality
 He robs himself as well as God 
All the elements of life in Big, little Ol’ me 
But the who, what, and why completes the concept of Androgyny 
Most women are strong, numerous and live long
 This is my point 
Only the strong survives 
That’s why women truly run this joint

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