Conscripted at Birth

3/08/2018

Conscripted at birth,

To fight for my worth.

My role was decreed,

But I disagreed.

Why is it right,

That we need to fight?

We kick and we scream.

We are not what they deem.

You win or you lose,

and you don't get to choose.

It's my place on Earth,

and I'll decide my own worth.

Reviews

[emipoemi]

I got two words for you: SOOOOOO RELATABLE!!!! And the musicality and the way the rhymes land is perfection!! Well freaking done!!

[Karen Redburn]

Excellent poem, which is also a statement of intent. Love the read, thank you!

[Ayisha Upshaw]

Very powerful way of describing ones rebellion to the circumstances they were born under.