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Women of Extinction

We were more popular
When you felt lazy,
More important when
We cooked you potatoes and gravy...

To please our boys and men
We would go to any length,
Even begged for mercy
Were pillars of strength...

We are the glue to glass houses
Being abused by the hour by the day,
Even ignored or unheard of by many
But we will continue to love come what may...

Negatively spoken of around the world
And frequently pacified by our nation,
But the torch GOD placed in our hearts
Is not a symbol of accusation more of edification...

Tear us down kick us to the ground
But we will always strive for equality,
We are free women accepting nothing less
Our guardian angels fill us with spirituality...

We are women born to cease dissention
We are women not women of extinction

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Carol Sunshine Brown

January 3, 2012 at 10:52 AM

Congrats on making it through the 1st round of PoetrySoup International Contest. Wishing you the best Mary. Love, Carol

Carol Sunshine Brown

August 2, 2011 at 10:12 AM

Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one in the PoetrySoup International Poetry contest Mary. I wish you the best in the final round. Love, Carol

Cathy Ncube

July 18, 2011 at 7:43 PM

Mary, congratulations on being featured with this deep poem.

Cathy Ncube

July 18, 2011 at 7:43 PM

Mary, congratulations on being featured with this deep poem.

Carol Sunshine Brown

June 23, 2011 at 6:15 AM

Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Mary. Love, Carol

Vince Suzadail Jr.

June 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM

Congrats Mary on your featured poem. Vince

Poetiq1der Simmons

June 20, 2011 at 10:31 AM

Peace and God's Blessings to you and yours....True words, great meaning, and nicely written.....Thank you for sharing. Be Faithful and Blessed.

Poetiq1der Simmons

June 20, 2011 at 10:31 AM

Peace and God's Blessings to you and yours....True words, great meaning, and nicely written.....Thank you for sharing. Be Faithful and Blessed.

Cheyenne Kay

June 20, 2011 at 8:28 AM

Finally! Someone has fianally put what i couldnt't into words.This sis so amazingly amazing!So true.PRoves how some men are completley ignorant and hurtful its time for us girls and women of all ages to put a foot down on men being sexest.We are not here for their entertainment! Thank you mary you have done a great job on this poem!

Cheyenne Kay

June 20, 2011 at 8:26 AM

Cyndi Macmillan

June 20, 2011 at 8:00 AM

Mary, you blew me away with this one! A strong message, brilliant use of language, soft touch here, pound to the chest there...just an amazing poem. I'm so glad to see this one on the featured poems. KEEP WRITING ... and if this is your style, keep those punches comin' ... a curtsy from Cyndi... a woman of His creation and yet a woman of evolution...

Cyndi Macmillan

June 20, 2011 at 8:00 AM

Offor Ujunwa

June 20, 2011 at 6:25 AM

we will never go extinct mary, because we are what we are and so indespensable. really like your thought

Offor Ujunwa

June 20, 2011 at 6:23 AM

we will never go extinct mary, cos we are what we are and so indespensable. really like your thought

Carolyn Devonshire

March 20, 2011 at 1:42 PM

Gosh, this is the creed by which many women live, Mary. We long to be "women of distinction," but abhor the thought of losing our identities and being slaves to ungrateful mates. You convey your message so well in this rhyme. Bravo! Love, Carolyn