The chant of a woman

The chant of a woman

An amulet against dysfunctionality

I hate you

I love you

I elevated you,

but this pedestal is coming crumbling down

like a Greek myth.

Were you real?

If I had to describe you,

the words deception and

Janus come to mind.

To have to put up with your violent streak,

your irrationality

is a task I cannot endure anymore.

Your toxicity cuts through my heart

even though you are not even here

you haven't been here for the last 10 years.

You are a bad guy

Your darkness and stain are too much for me.

History will conjure you up

as a perpetrator,

one day.

You are not what you seem --

you're just like my father

abusive and cruel

cold-hearted like a cement stone.

Walk away --

because the wound you inflicted

will not only be felt by me

but is felt by my allies and sisters everywhere

because I am NOT alone,

you see?

And suffering against one

is suffering against all

One day, you will wake up

to a cruel reckoning of your own

because your strength is wrapped up

in an unspoken word -- "Patriarchy,"

and the only fault I possess is that

I am not your gender

And because I will rise,

this will not be a perceived weakness

someday,

but a glorious strength

that will be spoken of

for generations to come

I rise

I rise

I rise