Being a girl means walking with your head down,
Being a girl means you have to be weak
But strong enough to bear the leering gazes of men:
Our futures are predictable and bleak.
Being a girl means that I should be grateful for being educated
But I should work on it or else I'll end up married or alone,
Being a girl means that I cannot wear the clothes I want
In case of said leering gazes following me home.
Being a girl means I am always insecure,
Being a girl means bearing the weight of the world,
Being a girl means that I am always wrong, never sure,
It sucks big time, being a girl.
They say maturity is when you realize that you've been given everything
So, I turn into a woman when I see the children on the streets,
Being a woman means that you need to keep your backs straight,
Being a woman, you need to bear the heat.
Being a woman is hard
When you are just an extended version of the word 'man',
Being a woman, stay on your guard,
Being a woman, I tell myself that I can.
Being a woman means that you are feminist and proud,
Being a woman means that your one quiet word is loud,
Being a woman is being a diamond in the midst of pearls,
Being a woman means that you cannot be a girl.
-Age 15