She is not yours to fix. She doesn't need fixing!
She’s a woman…truthfully so.
She’s a woman... authentically so.
She’s a woman... cosmically so.
She could be loud or quiet,
She might be skinny or fat,
She may be tall or short.
That’s the woman she is.
Embrace her – All of her
Or keep it moving!
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| We Come In All Shapes and colours and sizes |
Some days she prefers to wear her skirt short and go bra less.
But that’s the woman she is.
Some days she like her shorts short,
Her heels high and her dress tight.
Other days she likes them loose and long and colourful.
But that’s who she is!
She creates and recreates herself daily.
The things she likes change daily.
The traits she loves keep changing
She evolves daily
She can choose to be a mum or not,
Married or unmarried.
She is no less of a woman
And that’s the woman she is
She doesn’t have to pick sides.
She can be holy and wild.
She can be Lauryn Hill on Monday
And Sinach on Friday.
She can dab to I know who I am on Sundays
And twerk like a pro.
She can shoki to Run town
And still be the baddest prayer warrior.
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| You don't Know her dark moments... how can you tell her how to be? |
She doesn’t have to choose.
She can be wild and holy
She can be both
And that’s the woman she is.
Whatever or whoever she chooses to be – that’s the woman she is.
She is not on this earth to conform to your standards.
She wasn’t born to wait on your validation.
She does not exist to massage your ego.
You do not have to understand her.
And that’s the woman she is!
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| She Doesn't Need Your Stamp Of Validation |
She cries. Laughs. Endures.
Says ‘’I’m Okay’’ even when she’s not.
She sacrifices. Fails. Triumphs.
She lives on…
And you want to tell her how to be?!
You don’t carry that much authority.
It’s her life, her body and her struggles.
Leave her be the woman she is!
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| She Laughs... |
She can be a fierce 9-5
Or she can be the whole damn 24hours.
She can be the raging farmer
She can be the dynamic mother
She can be a beast in the boardroom
She can be the quiet storm
She can be!
For that’s the woman she is!
Some days she prefers the longest weave.
Other days she loves to rock her natural hair.
Some days she chooses to go colourful
Other days she wants to wrap it all up – majestically.
One day she might just choose to apply a whole tub of perming cream on her crown.
But that’s the woman she is
And that doesn’t make her no less of her woman.
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| She Is What She Prefers... |
You don’t get to label her for all the things she is
And the things she’s not.
She can be bad and bougie
She can be wild
She can be ratchet and bougie
Heck…
She doesn’t have to choose.
She can be anything she wants!
And that’s the woman she is!
She is a warrior and a creator
She is capable
She is art and a mountain mover
She is phenomenal
She is magic and a lightbulb
She is a home.
She is authentically that woman!
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| In heels Or Trainers...she is no less of a woman! |
You don’t get to choose who she is. She decides.
Society don’t get to choose who she is. She decides.
Her peers don’t get to choose who she is. She decides.
Her parents don’t get to choose who she is. She decides.
The media don’t get to choose who she is.
She decides…
And that’s the woman she is!
She is the woman she is. And that is enough!
International Women’s Day!
Till then
Xoxo
