Merely A Girl Poem by Noemi Lee

I do enjoy my femilinity
Ok ok
Womanhood

I do
most of the time.

I don't like that I
(for some reason)
am considered the weaker
sex

I don't like that I
(for some reason)
am not valued the same as a
male

I don't like that I
must endure pms
and
cramps
(but at least there is a reason for it)

I don't like that I
(for some reason)
am blamed for the very
downfall
of the earth

When it was a man who was weaker.
After all, I am not a talking serpent
Is there something magical about me?

There is?
And yet you would have me believe that I am just a girl
Merely a girl
What's your excuse?