No race, No tribe: I’m a woman

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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