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10/23/2021

She— TLN

My heart is made of asbestos
My smile cast in stone
I’ve been taught from childhood
It isn’t safe to walk alone
When a man approaches
I know to avert my eyes
For any look I give him
Could be the cause of my demise
People call me crazy
If I have any emotion at all
Believing all those falsehoods
Has caused many a woman’s downfall.
I Cover up my body
I don’t dare show skin
My body type offends them
I’m too fat or too thin.
Dating is a struggle
Has been since Eve
Female sexuality
Is a sin without reprieve
I morph myself relentlessly
Into what they expect
Completely losing
Any thought of self-respect
I’m the Holy Mother
Or the dirty w***e
Their glass ceiling
Is forever a binding floor
Losing myself completely
Is my mind’s final nail
it’s just the price I pay
For being born female.