2013 VOF Poetry What kind of woman am I?

What kind of woman am I?
What kind of a woman am I? When humiliated and insulted in public, but I still forgive and ignore.
What kind of a woman am I? When beaten and abandoned without words of comfort, with pain I still love and hope for change.
What kind of a woman am I? When all I do seems wrong and can’t talk or contribute to the progress of my family and world but I still struggle and insist that I can build and change my world financially, physically and morally.
What kind of a woman am I? When all is denied by those you love and hope is shattered but I still trust and depend on God for change.
What kind of a woman am I? When others appreciate your works and efforts but the persons you work for are filled with hatred and can’t see? But I am there.
What kind of a woman am I? When I forgo pleasures of this world for the sake of peace but yet there is no peace.
What kind of a woman am I? When sex which is loved by humans is denied to me for no reason but as a tool of punishment? But I resist.
What kind of a woman am I? When you know you have no protection in marriage? But I pretend for the sake of the children.
What kind of woman am I? When born in a world of inequality, But I still try to make my voice heard.
Each day I make a decision, to wake up, there are obstacles. But I must face my challenges.
Woman wake up,Take Action, your life is shaped by your thought.
Adah Mbah