WE WILL FIGHT

We will fight

gaining the power

of the women who came before

stand tall stand strong

against your walls

hand in hand.

All these years

we have stood

behind the faces of men

only stepping into the light

when told we can.

All these years

I have watched girls

grow quiet 

when the boys 

get loud.

I have watched

girls protect themselves

by changing

as to appeal to the eyes of men.

I have watched

their eyes

scan our bodies

searching for what

their greedy eyes want the most

a little bit of skin

peeking through

as if that's all they care about.

I have watched

as girls gather

away from the boys

form a silent army

and yet 

stack against each other

the minute it matters

who is most pretty?

When in the end

all that really matters

is that you notice

how we shape ourselves

to appeal to men

how we weave around them.

We say we have all our rights

and yet

I see how girls cry

when they don't look like her

I listen to my friends

say they will never be enough

I listen to my guy friends

say they don't feel 

like they are enough.

So

open your eyes 

notice

all these things

how girls cover their tummies

how guys pretend they don't cry

how girls show off their boobs

how guys act like they are bad at school

how girls try to be perfect.

NOTICE
 

That you can still change

the way we have made things

you can still speak up

when a girl needs help

when a guy needs to cry.

WE WILL NOT STOP
FIGHTING FOR  LOVE