🌅🌅 Matriarchal Poem: Ruan Ling Yu 阮玲玉 (1910-35) on the Sweet and Sour "Center Stage" 🌅🌅

🌅🌅Poem : The Blinding Luminosity of Fame and Mis-Fortune 🌅🌅

why?

being talented, . .

seeing a new vision about womanhood, . .

becoming thy greatest female Chinese film star of her day, . .

why?

standing tall, smiling as thy Goddess of Cinema, . . . 

enjoying thy sacred fruits of her stardom, . . .

loving her new wealth, her good looks, . .

why?

finding one day, the press attacking her, . .

being accused of doing what all male stars do,

having love affairs, starting to become confused, . . .

why?

dying from such patriarchal accusations, . .

fighting against thy press, slowly moment my moment,

becoming sadder, being more depressed, . . .

being imprisoned by stereotypical views , . .

why?. . .

feeling enchained by hypocritical standards for women, . .

being obedient, raising many kids, cooking for thy man, . . .

protesting boldy, no, no, no. . . .

dying on thy International Woman's Day, . .

why?

committing suicide, ending her short life, . . .

saying that all women are equal to all men, . . .

why?

dying young, with the largest of funerals, especially, women

crying, mourning, realizing that they . .

being too critical of thy Goddess, . .

why?

Ruan Ling Yu, 阮玲玉 . . .

. . . .rest in peace . . . .

why?