What does it mean to be a woman?
Is it a blessing?
A curse?
Does it give you power?
An oppressive weight.
A purposive gift.
A vessel for growth.
A vessel for change.
What does it mean to be a woman?
Please someone explain it to me.
- a woman
About the Creator
Sarah O'Grady
I like to play with words to escape reality. Or at least to try and make sense of it.
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