As a woman, you’re taught
To speak frankly, but not too loud
Consequences for girls are worse
So I learned
To whisper in a roar
And when I cried, I showed nobody
Using the tears as fertilizer
For my wild garden
I am not a person who believes cruel answers anything
why ruin someone just because you can? As a punchline?
once I was called ‘too nice’ and I am often referred to as ‘sweet’
which are probably both gentle character assassinations
I admit it is not so great being a gentle soul, because people admire
bitches, sarcasm, sass, verve (is that still a word?), spite, caustic(ism) and other
signs someone is strong, because if you are cruel
you are seen as hip in this society
even my neighbor likes it when we shoot the shit and she gets that
glassy-eyed affection for tearing people down and asks me all…
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