dirty rebel

3) Work that is about feminism (it's fine if you're a feminist and it's fine if you aren't. Do not submit work that shames, ridiculous, berates, etc. someone for being One woman's emancipation.

i asked for love

i received demands for sex

i asked for respect

i received demands for servitude

i asked for equality

i received demands to earn it ...

along with expectations to prove i was:

more than a wife fulfilling her husband's marital rights

more than a housekeeper managing his home and property

more than a mother raising his children

did i not own my sexuality as did my husband?

did i not deserve the same right to be and act, as did my husband?

did i not exist in the same realm as that of my husband,

free to enjoy the same challenges and pleasures inherent in the very act of living,

as did my husband?

no i did not

so i stopped asking

i stopped "earning"

i stopped waiting for liberty to be bestowed upon me

instead

i found love

(and was branded a w***e)

i believed in my own self worth

(and was called an egoist)

i chose to live as i decreed

(and was labeled a disturbed rebel)

i took liberty by the horns

wrestled with it in the mud and the blood and the filth

until i won

 

i wear the dirt, and scars and the filth with pride

they symbolize redemption

i am finally, truly free

Reviews

[alissa]

I love this and can relate on so many levels!

[felioness]

Thank you!

[Dariana Guerrero]

Amazing

[felioness]

Thank you so much!

[soliloquy]

Holy s**t. This is sheer power....very nice.

[felioness]

Thank You So Much!

[Art Sun]

an admirable piece...you have expressed what so many women have felt, gone through, and escaped...truly an exceptional piece...great work

[felioness]

Thank you for reading this piece and for leaving such an encouraging comment!

[Art Sun]

your welcome

[~]

You have just wrote the exact words that have been swimming through my head that I was incapable of saying. God, this is like the anthem of my soul. Such a pleasure to have read this. I can relate soooo relate. From one rebel to another, I salute you! Well penned, poet.

[felioness]

Your words honour me...thank you so much rebel in arms!