No race, No tribe: I’m a woman
12.05.2010
I should not speak nor shout;
I’m a woman
I should not talk nor ask;
I’m a woman
I should obey and not question;
I’m a woman
I should accept the little wage my master pays;
I’m a woman
I should not speak about the molestation and abuses;
I’m a woman
I should suffer the oppression and humiliation of culture;
I’m a woman
I shouldn’t own land,
I’m a woman
And so are the tears and woes;
Embattled;
Oppressed
The tribe less; colorless; cries
Of;
Woman!
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* Nancy Muigei is a poet and a youth activist.
* Nancy Muigei © 2010.
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