REALLY(R)
Know what beauty means
it is the blues from your young heart yearning
listening to your favorite music album
it is the yellow dust from the first sunflower
as it blossomed along with your breast
it is the red stains from the bleeding cries
of your first menstruation pains
ALWAYS(A)
Hold your head high
by being that girl with the careless step
who walked with her daddy
through the nooks, corners and aisles of the city
as he taught you stories he wrote under the street lamp
sang songs he hummed for his first love on the park bench
laughed out loud with the gleaming shine of his eyes
as he threw you questions about
what you wanted to be
and you decided to fly
PLAY(P)
Hard and fair
expect to stare right back
into the endocardium of that man
who assumes height is a synonym with gender
drive in the middle lane knowing
your firm strides and consistent pace
can never be countered enough
or enable a short cut to the man
to the man wheeling a truck
as his only right to access
stand sturdy and pillar like
on your turf
because the world can swirl
mad at your heels
but you will always spring back
your roots and arteries
go way deep
and
much farther
your threshold to pain
is way higher
than the howling winds
can perceive
EXCEL(E)
At loving, sharing, smiling, caring
for those
you will be the role model for
empowered enough
to counter
infraction with sustenance
insult with honor
expectation of submission with equitable contest
provocation with a stubborn stoic
posturing with fluidity
R-A-P-E
The heck out of anyone
who presumes
you should be different
or do different
your promise is
to be your excruciating self
and never a
cookie cutter version
which
suits perspectives
that pretend
to prevent pain
Kashiana 