I am angry & I will not apologise
I am angry & will not be silent
I am angry & it will fuel change
I am angry
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I am angry that we teach our children crazy things
We expect them to obey blindly
We demand they believe things that didn’t work for us
We create a false environment for them
We cushion them too much
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I am angry that our daughters are deceived about their identity
It is not in marriage
It is not in children
It is not in power
It is not in control
It is the purity of the reason for their individual creation
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I am angry that our daughters have imbibed lies
Skinny is beauty, voluptuous is bad
Light skin is perfection; dark skin is ugly
It is all about money and power
The next girl has to fall for you to rise
It is all about how you look
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I am angry that we tell the girls to stay
Stay when in that abusive relationships
It is solely their responsibility to make it work
To give him time for they are a tool of God
It is your fault he is angy
Only for some to die
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I am angry that no one counters the lies
Money does not make anything better
Nothing matters unless you are skinny
You will never be happy without children
Your are not enough unless rich and married
We bore the harshness and made so you must too
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I am angry that we created a division
Raising the girl to be independent
Teaching her to do everythin
Raising her to believe she can
Demanding that she challenge the status quo
And never once helping her brothers
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I am angry about the pressure to keep it in
The demand to be calm always
The lie that she will always know what to do
The fib that she has all the answers
The fallacy that she is the only one who doesn’t know
The false presentation of control
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I am angry that though we know better many are silent
Many do not admit to our struggles
We withhold lifesaving information
We do not check on each other for real
We have no support structures
We do not understand the need for family
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I am angry so I will do better for my daughters
I will speak the truths few others do
I will teach them the realities of life
I will build relationships
I will raise their brothers
I will stand and be counted
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I am angry so I will open up my home as a haven
Keep my phone on & be reachable 24/7
Live my life as an open vulnerable book
No longer ply the lies that kept me bound
Do the work of healing within
Be accountable to others on the journey
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I am angry so sound a clarion call for like minds
Challenge those around to do the same
Model a different set of possibilities
Shine my light without fear
Raise a generation of strong balanced sisters
BECOME the most amazing woman I will ever be
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I am angry so I will do better
