THE WOMAN THAT IS I
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THE WOMAN THAT IS I
I am a woman,
I am redefined in society!
My femininity, subdivided and put into files
Into various categories
In words I have been described
Immortalized and idolized
Put into pedestals
Praised and glorified
Secrets of sensuality
Live within me
I am the object of men’s desires
I have been called a temptress
A seductress
My predecessor divided nations and launched a thousand ships
To fulfill one man’s destiny
In ancient Greek mythology
I am known for my complexity
The stubbornness that is
Yet I still deny
Maybe it’s the woman in me
I am majestic
The mother of all nations
I cry
Yet I rise
No fallen woman will become me
I will defy the odds against me
The treasure that is you see
Ebony skin likened to the richest soil of my land
Where the river lies
Waterfall runs
Lioness born free
And eagle flying to the highest peak of the mountains
In primitive lands
Of my beautiful Africa
Created with the rib of my mate
By the power that is Divinity
To multiply God’s nation
And to fulfill the prophecy
And embark on our journey
So we can reach our destiny
I will not deny my fate
The illusion of my truth a mere tale
I can never be defined and simplified
They have tried and failed
I am a woman
You can’t define me
I am beyond nature’s conception
I am an enigma
No creature can ever claim to know me
Man has come close
But he did not conquer me
I have many facets
Man alone cannot begin to fathom me
I have dimensions that elude even I
For I am a woman
And I reign supreme
I am a woman,
I am redefined in society!
My femininity, subdivided and put into files
Into various categories
In words I have been described
Immortalized and idolized
Put into pedestals
Praised and glorified
Secrets of sensuality
Live within me
I am the object of men’s desires
I have been called a temptress
A seductress
My predecessor divided nations and launched a thousand ships
To fulfill one man’s destiny
In ancient Greek mythology
I am known for my complexity
The stubbornness that is
Yet I still deny
Maybe it’s the woman in me
I am majestic
The mother of all nations
I cry
Yet I rise
No fallen woman will become me
I will defy the odds against me
The treasure that is you see
Ebony skin likened to the richest soil of my land
Where the river lies
Waterfall runs
Lioness born free
And eagle flying to the highest peak of the mountains
In primitive lands
Of my beautiful Africa
Created with the rib of my mate
By the power that is Divinity
To multiply God’s nation
And to fulfill the prophecy
And embark on our journey
So we can reach our destiny
I will not deny my fate
The illusion of my truth a mere tale
I can never be defined and simplified
They have tried and failed
I am a woman
You can’t define me
I am beyond nature’s conception
I am an enigma
No creature can ever claim to know me
Man has come close
But he did not conquer me
I have many facets
Man alone cannot begin to fathom me
I have dimensions that elude even I
For I am a woman
And I reign supreme
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