Strong in her stance 

She mustn’t falter 

For there is no room for weakness

fight we must 

For our rights 

For our future

Envious they are of her curves and hips 

Not knowing her struggle

Phenomenal woman she is

For she carries the weight of the world

Shoulders tired from the burden

Yet no break is allotted

So she suffers quietly

Until finally, she uses her voice

But when she does, she’s labeled angry

And once again she is silenced —

Or so they thought

Phenomenal woman she is

Receiving hate in every which way,

But she continues 

“YOU WILL NOT SILENCE ME” she screams

with a child on her hip

For she is a phenomenal mother

Only God knows how tired she really is

How bad it hurts

How bad it bleeds

But she must continue 

For she is a phenomenal woman

There is no room for giving up

When you have the world to conquer 

And a child to feed

A system to break

Living in fear of her seed’s future

No — there is no room for giving up

She must continue

Only after she is gone can she truly rest

But until the war is won, she is a soldier issuing a battle cry

A cry for change, a cry for help, a cry to be treated like the human she is

A cry for everybody to get the fuck out of her way

And through these cries

She will continue

Yet beneath the raging call to arms is a spirit

A spirit so strong and so fierce —- unbreakable

Bendable she is, but breakable she is not

For she is Phenomenal

Phenomenal woman, that’s me.

Originally composed: Feb 24, 2022 @8:08 pm