I don’t care if you label me, judge me and stare at me
Well, really i do but i’m working on that
I have men that enable me, gird me, encircle me
Hands under my arms so your whispers fall flat
I have women who speak to me words of encouragement
Their voice draws me to them away from the sirens
The girls in my life they look up at me, woman-sent
My beautiful daughter who heals my environs
I look at them all and i know that i’m okay
So your vicious slander doesn’t actually matter
My armour is simply i’m never alone
But what of the friendless that live all around you
That suffer in silence and never speak out
The hot acid sewage you carelessly spew
Seeps into their pores and it causes them doubt
They can’t hear a thing but your words of dismissal
Or look at the sun and be warmed by its rays
For you’ve built around them a wall of denial
That no one could love them for all of their days
Their invisibility angers and frightens me
Makes me want to shake you until the world breaks
No person should ever be left all alone