A Schoolgirl Reflects on Life
If these are the best days of my life
The schoolgirl said
I'd rather be a boy instead
From what I've seen
The girl I've been
Has been set up for pain and bleeding
Needing by design it's said to play a role
In the history of the world
Along with all the other girls
Giving comfort
Giving pleasure
Giving birth to future generations
Being matron of the nations
Of the world.
I did not choose and
Cannot lose this doubtful honour
Unlike our brothers
Who tear apart our common mothers
Just to be, to take control as if by right
In skirmishes throughout the night
That bring the world more of the same.
The love that dares to shriek its name
The love that isn't always love
As I, a schoolgirl, see it.
I dread the worst days of my life, then,
Cannot imagine what they'll contain
If not more bleeding and more pain.
