Aqua Marine Poet Free verse

The Subtitle : I am woman: Request

I am woman: Request?

I am woman.

What does this mean?
Am I the lesser for it?
Should I stand up
for my Self?
How will I live?
Or die?
Or grow old?
Will I lose my teeth?
Or my muscle mass?
Will I lose my mind?

Perhaps I should lose my anger... 
I'm angry at women-
For letting me dumb down. 
For impeding my growth. 

As a woman. 


Aqua Marine: written 1990s
Posted here: 4th April 2025 

When some mothers "weaponize" daughters to rebel against their fathers, instead of protecting them from psychological harm. 
My Personal search for True Identity.

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Eileen Manassian August 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM Dear one... keep on processing... believing in yourself and your innate worth. Such a deep poem. Never dumb down... never shrink to fit someone's definition of what a woman should be. Thank you for your kind comment on my latest poem. I appreciate the time it took to read and post a comment. Bless your heart.

Karen Jones April 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM Thought provoking poem and one that I could not easily decipher because of my own personal trauma. This is a great poem and I will read it again. In my case I was sexually abused and I blame my father for his actions though I forgave him. Thank you for writing and sharing this! Aqua Marine April 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM Hi, Karen, I love your open hearted, honest comment... Yes, we have the empathic capacity to understand why our parents behaved the way they did-often victims of handed down, generational abuse, in all it's forms. There is overt abuse. There is covert abuse. By men and women. I have to ask myself, why I made a choice to try to be different. It's been a lifelong struggle to be comfortable in my " female skin", both parents created confusion, and rebellion. My deep search for True identity. (((Warm Hugs))