My response to Christine Ray’s Feminist Book August Writing Prompt Challenge ❤
smilepray for king and countrylegs spread wide
cook, cleantrack your cycleagainst the moonready for baby no.2
get on your kneesand seek forgiveness
look pretty
sexy
but little –shrink yourselfinto the place you belong:Pandora’s box
crafted by a god
for the ruin of man
the only female touch
is yours, nails clawing
at the velvet lined walls
fight
rip the fabric
from the walls
bleed, because this
is your right
learn
how to tear down concrete
and smash ceilings
face obstacles
and carry your sisters
to the finish line
continue to bleed,
to rise, to fall,
to live, to breathe
– this is your earth given right.
I write about love, lust, struggle, survival, fickle things, dreams and the stars. And anything in between. You can read more of my writing at My Screaming Twenties
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Love the use of strikethrough.
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Thank you ☺️
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