Woman

I am strong and I am weak

but in every way I am complete

I laugh and I do cry

but your tears, I always dry.

I get hurt a lot of times

and to hide them...I mime

I am your friend, a teacher, a guide

and for what I am I take pride.

Your inner voice is what I am

when you fail...I believe 'You can'

I might be broken and torn apart

but its easy to love me and please my heart.

I am courage, when you lose hope

I am strength, when you struggle to cope

I comfort you when you trip and fall

will be next to you, at your call.

I do complaint sometimes you see

it pains when my loved ones don't respect me

I can love even when I am hurt

I know to forgive, when treated like dirt.

Why is it that I am unheard?

Why am I like that caged bird?

I am a human, just like you

I have a heart, that bleeds too.

I raise my voice just to know

Why am I always placed so low?

You might wonder who 'I' might be?

I am a woman, a truth, a reality...