He beat me up again yesterday,
And in the morning you stood at my door and held out your arms
He cheated on me again this weekend and on Monday you sent me the prayer
He didn’t come home again and you drove up and took me to pray with you
His mistress delivered another one of his kids and you reminded me of my worth
I saw him as I walked past reception and he did it again, he pinched my behind
He did it again in his office, brushed his hand against my chest
It was me, screaming the whole night,
He shoved his gun in my face
You held my hand
You never questioned
You never judged
I should have left him
Story of my life
Rings true
But today I chose to celebrate your strength, my strength
I celebrate you Woman,
Your face bruised and battered,
Your toothless smile grimacing at the pain from his beating once again
I celebrate you woman
Tattered and humiliated by him and you still walk tall
I celebrate you woman
His words harsh yet you still love him
I celebrate you woman
You womb so blessed and fertile
To bring forth his heir and heiresses
He scorns you, yet you nurture him still
I celebrate you woman
They shun you and yet you hail them
I celebrate you woman
Oppressed and disrespected
And you hold firm
I celebrate you woman
Your back broken from the toiling yet you smile
I celebrate you woman
He cheated
He never broke you
He left you with the children
He never broke you
He threw you out
He never broke you
He beat you up
He never broke you
He raped you
He never broke you
He violated your being
He never broke you
Your skin dry and burnt as you toil for him
Parched and thirsty
You toil to nurture him
The red soil clings to you like a second skin
The barren earth stubborn to your laments
The skies yields no rain
The cry of an infant demanding what is beyond you
And you still are
Rising before the cry of the cock as if to defy nature
Never thinking about your self
Your eyes lifeless as if purposely wrung out
You hold on refusing to give up
I celebrate you
The tall imposing buildings beckon
As you stride purposeful to claim your success
I celebrate you
Cold and imposing buildings threatening to swallow you
Yet you triumph
I celebrate you
Defying all odds to claim your place in Society
Your femininity questioned
Articles hailing your success
Grudgingly because you are WOMAN
I celebrate you
But I do,you are me
He left me with the kids
Cheated on me
Society rendered me weak
Yet I held firm
To the thread that makes us who we are
We dip into the eternal fountain of our Womanhood
I hail you woman
I hold out my arms
With no questions
Your pain my pain
The path you walk I walked yesterday
The tears you cry my tears
I celebrate you woman
In your honor, I put aside days
In your honor I hail and praise
I celebrate you,
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