im no different
i too bleed
i too drink
i too breath
i too think
i too speak
i can wear
a suit and
shiny diamond rings
i can fuck
a woman or
a man if
i want when
i want there
is plenty to
go around in
this town i
can steal beg
borrow die live
catch a disease
have a cock
sewn on or
my pussy stitched
shut i can
love and hate
worship and sin
i get tickets
and big debt
i can write
and wait tables
sell the story
make you cry
or laugh depending
on how i
feel about it
i too can
show passion for
the things that
make society gag
i can figure
things out for
myself and buy
a house and
marry three men
i can walk
the streets alone
very late at
night and see
the children writhing
engulfed in their
pain euphoric to
the all great
equalizer who comes
when she wants
only and claims
those who have
had no time
i can watch
sit back relax
or run scared
out of my
head from the
boogey man or
woman you can
be just as
oppressive baby don’t
tell me no
look in my
eyes my queen
i give you
a description of
your cloudy soul
i can fight
but there are
some things that
i will die
for and won’t
think twice about
it my freedom
my voice and
right to be
me not a
victim or a
trophy i refuse
to be shackled
by diagnosis political
label or join
the sorority of
hypocrisy and vanity
yes i am
a woman free
now i understand
when i got
called rock headed
it served to
break that glass
ceiling and shoot
me to the
infinate frontier of
my own agency
my own democracy
i follow my
drum and i
will share all
with my sisters
but i will
never apologize for
who i am
how i am
what i am
why i love
when i go
where i stand
in this anthem
i proclaim equality
words less spoken 