MY HOPE is that these words will EMPOWER all WOMEN and GIRLS
You don't have to take it because you were born a woman
But you do have to know that you can STOP IT
Because you were born; A WOMAN
We've been here before
You standing over me
Saying that you're sorry
But it happens everytime
And I am on the floor
But this time the insult
The shove into the wall
A kick in the gut
Or your fist to my jaw
Was one time too many
Look darling I'm shaking
But I have no fear
Walking out the door
I am breaking free
Taking action; And saving me.
Copyright (c) 2007 by Kathy L. Blaylock
An Authorized Excerpt from: ALONG LIFE'S WINDING ROADS
WHAT IF
What if I took
A smile, that touch
The love, that look
A flower's soft perfume
Light and darkness gone
From endless empty rooms
I will not suffer
Being used and abused
By your angry hands
For I have gone
But have taken nothing
Nothing that you gave
I have taken everything
Everything that you took
Proof I am wiser
Shown I am stronger
For I; Am woman.
