• Kazeem Taiwo

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I am the person that's important yet wholly underestimated

I am the gender that possesses all grace yet seems to be graceless

I am the origin and the conclusion

I am the one that makes or breaks

Yet it seems like I am powerless because my voice has always been stolen

I am the beautiful one yet I am perceived as ugly by many

I am the original yet they make me into a fake to suit their needs

I walk with my head held high but my own and their own find a way to break my will thus lowering my pride

I do everything to please them yet they say it's not enough

That I should be more tolerant

I work harder than they ever do and they say that I will never be as good as them

I have done everything, will do everything

Bearing pains that would kill a man

Giving my life for one of my own and their own

Yet I am never appreciated

If they do something wrong it's okay but,

in my case I should be better than that.

I am the girl child that will morph into a woman

I am the one that will start to take charge and do whatever pleases me

Damning society in the process

I am the one that decides to better than the situation I find myself in

I am the future that was once obscure but now filled with a blank mural waiting to be filled in with paint of different colors.

I am hope and faith alike.

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The Girl Child

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