Prized Possession

Prized Possession When was it that society and religion Became so afraid of the sexuality of women Or was it just men who became afraid Trapping and turning beauty into *********** To suit the idealism of a capitalistic Ideology Made women its prized possession There was once spiritual prowess in her nakedness Once long ago The symbol of womb and breast Gave birth to life And a possession was once the sexual expression Of both women and men Connecting Copulating In an essence of a spiritual unity Defined by the pleasure both received In giving to life So how did sex become a sin Dirtied by morals And then sold in a tin Of instant readily affordable self gratification When did your own sexuality Become a commodity For them to sale And poor Eve, lead mankind to ruin And she alone made responsible for the fall from Eden So shall she pay the price in cultural centuries Of Christian and Muslim oppression Such is the weakness of men That by muscle alone defends them Such is the weakness of men That their God must of course; be a man Such is the weakness of men That in the face of beauty It must be their possession Such is my contempt of those men Who cannot comprehend Where their own lives began And who’s wives and daughter now exists In a poor excuse for love and worship Trapping and turning beauty into *********** To suit the idealism of a capitalistic Ideology Made women its prized possession Inspired by Brandy Megens poem “News at 5”