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Dear Men

Dear men,
Explain to me why I stand alone. 
Women are quick to uplift their father, sons, and brothers
Quick to maintain the home,
But when she needs support,
A woman stands alone
Explain to me why a woman has to stay in her “place”
Is there no room for a woman who is more than a pretty face?
Is there no room for a woman who can stimulate you intellectually
Or is it a woman’s only duty to please you sexually?
Explain to me why beating a woman gives you power
It gives you strength
Is masculinity so fragile
That you can’t maintain?
Without getting pleasure from pain
Explain to me why your brother goes scott free
When he takes advantage of a woman
While she is left to be ridiculed, blamed
As society throws dirt on her name
And she falls victim to her own demise.
I despise
The men who are so oblivious to their own privilege
That they think patriarchy is normal
Excuse my language 
As I speak a bit informal 
For you to understand
That you cannot catcall me as I walk down the street
It’s disgusting and demeaning
No I am not obligated to give you my number
Just because you ask and think you are getting a pass at me
No I don’t need you to hold the door open or carry my groceries
I am a strong, independent woman and your belief that I am weak
Is insulting
No I do not have to give you my body just because you bought me a drink
My body belongs to me
No matter what you tell yourself or think
Dear men,
You can no longer say that you are ignorant to my issues or my demands
Because I have clearly listed it for you to see.
Now only a real man
Will know, that women deserve equity

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Settling

Settling is a disease of the mind
It declares that it’s okay 
To remain on standby
Live life on rewind
Because we are so afraid to move forward,
Move on
From the idea of forever
Settling is a disease of the heart
Love so manipulated, uncontrolled, undefined
But we are blind
Settling is a disease
That forces us to believe 
That better does not exist
But i persist
That the cure to settling
Is the battle within
The piece of you that recognizes
The difference between
What is love
And what is comfort
Settling will never work
Don't rob yourself of true joy
Because you have become complacent with being hurt

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I Loved You, I Love Me More

I used to love you
More than I loved myself
But our love took a dark turn
I cared for you, lied for you
Even stood in front of a bullet
I would have died for you
Without a second thought
See,
There's grave danger in putting someone else before you
Because it means you always take the backseat
My wants, my needs
Were put on freeze
So that I could live to please
You
You found yourself overwhelmed
Because no other female
Ever poured such tender, love and affection into you
Our relationship took a dive too deep
And you became fearful of a future
That you did not want or need
You wanted to be free
Instead of being tied down to me
So,
You found solace
In experimentation
You had a fixation
With trying something new, someone different
So you suggested that we just be friends
But instead,
You toyed with my emotions
And continued to flirt with the idea of a future with me
I soon learned,
It was all just manipulation
Just a tease
So you could invest in other females
While keeping a tight leash on me
You should have let me be
But you could not exist in this world
Knowing that another man was doing the job
You were supposed to do
So you denied the truth
Instead of saying goodbye
You lied,
Forced me to cry myself to sleep at night
Only to be drawn in by your power again
And again
And again
Until you threw dirt on me
For the last time
Your tongue uttered the last lie
And I was done
The monster I became because I was engulfed by this misery
Put me to shame
So consumed by this life
I treated my own life, my heart, my emotions
Like It was a game
But I had nothing to Gain
Except the inability to recognize myself in the mirror
Now that he is gone
I can see myself a lot clearer
And I stand to proclaim
Yes, I loved him
With all of my heart
But now that I finally put me first
I can part with the past
And love me
Alas

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When You Said It's Over

When you said it was over
I nearly crumbled to my feet
How could you look me in the eyes
When you said you would never leave?
I made a promise to God
That I would cherish you
That I'd treat you right
But how could I win this battle
When you left me without a fight?
I chased and chased
I cried rivers for you at night
But all you can do 
Is look for someone new
You ask:
Why?
Why don't you understand?
Why can't you get out my life?
Because your heart is always searching
When your home is right here...
With your wife
When you said it was over
I thought it was a lie before
But now I realize
I can't keep you trapped
If you already have one foot out the door
When you said it was over
I wanted to fix my flaws
Make it right...
But you can't trust an unsure heart
To come home to you at night
So now that it's over
Yes sometimes I still do wanna cry
But with a light-switch relationship
It sounds better to just say
Goodbye

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The Dark Cloud

It's like I'm screaming
But my voice is on mute
It's like an asthma attack
I'm in an endless weeze
I'm waving my arms around for help
But it just makes it harder to breathe
It's like I'm standing 
On the edge of a cliff
One foot dangling down
One more step
And I shall drown
It's like getting run over by a car
Blood spurts and stains the streets
Cars keep passing by
No one gets out of their vehicle
No one even beeps
It's like a razor blade slicing,
Tearing through my veins
They see my scars
But instead of understanding
They call me insane
It's like living in a pitch, black, darkness
When I get a glimpse of the sun
I feel so undeserving
I can't help but run
It's like being in a twister
Help!
I wanna get down
But I'm a 'sister'
In my community
I'll never be validated
Until my body is found
I fight and fight
The beasts in my brain
No choice but to suffer silently
Or I'll be labeled 'insane'
Lots of us cry
But in various ways
My poison of choice
Was the razor blade
I sliced and shredded
But I was still in pain
Being depressed
I'm cornered by dark thoughts
Emotions confined in my head
I can no longer fight alone
Rather than be imprisoned
I'm better off dead
When someone asks me why I'm depressed
The answer isn't always clear
Some of the best days of my life
Sometimes include the dark cloud looming near
Depression is a battle
Fought by God's most powerful soldiers
Depression
Is my life's biggest boulder
Lingering over me
I'm not sure it'll ever go away
It's a daily combat convincing myself
That I'll be okay