My Future I Will Take On My Own

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I am told; one day I will become a woman
I need to prepare for when that day will come
When someone will take my hand and care for me
Having a family of my own, in charge of running a home

I have other views of the woman I want to be
My preparations for my future I will take on my own
Women are not allowed to take the man’s role
But I will challenge the role of a man and will take no crumbs

I refuse to be the symbolic weak woman
Expected to fulfill three roles:
“Mother, housekeeper, and worker”
With few choices, no rights, and controlled by a man

Goals I will break with an education and a respected job
Remaining a single woman!
I will challenge anyone in the community
Who come to ridiculed, shun, and pitied me 

The pen is mightier than the sword
And therefore I will gain freedom
With an education and a respected job
My preparations for my future, I will take on my own

1/8/2016

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Funom Makama

Date: 1/14/2016 10:44:00 AM

Beautiful! Beautiful, sooooooo beautiful. #7 truly underrates this piece. Great work friend.

Dalia Shahein

Date: 1/8/2016 9:20:00 PM

Great write my friend , enjoyed reading it , hugs / / :) dalia

Constance La France

Date: 1/8/2016 4:24:00 PM

Eve, the pen is mightier than the sword, oh I adore that line, I am writing that down for sure, great poem, I love it 7

Eve Roper
Date: 1/8/2016 5:13:00 PM

Thank you, Broken Wing, for your wonderful complement and the 7 :) I saw the painting on Debbie's challenge and I like it, but I am not participating. Hugs dear friend

Casarah Nance

Date: 1/8/2016 4:05:00 PM

Rock on, this is a strong write !

Eve Roper
Date: 1/8/2016 5:13:00 PM

Thank you, Casarah, for your wonderful complement :) I saw the painting on Debbie's challenge and I like it, but I am not participating. Hugs dear friend

Beautiful Scars

Date: 1/8/2016 3:53:00 PM

Sooo determined and you are carrying a wonderful flow! Great poem :)-luloo *smiles*

Eve Roper
Date: 1/8/2016 5:12:00 PM

Thank you, Laura, I saw the painting on Debbie's challenge and I like it, but I am not participating. Any way smiles with everyone's complements. :)Hugs dear friend