This is a poem I wrote that connects to feminism.
In my inhale I read 3 different poems that connected to feminism and annotated on how they were similar and different.
Don’t be a Silvana they explained
Why do they even consider me a term for all things brave
I’m confident, smart, fast & strong.
Yet everyone is trying to prove me wrong
Why do you try to compete with me all the time
It’s like your life mission is to try & be better than me
Here I am being myself
Yet you and your jealousy are trying to sabotage my strengths
When I ace a test or when something amazing happens to me,
You’re always there watching me, hoping that today is the day I mess up
For when I do, you make me feel like the fall is so big
But I’m an adjective, not a noun like you
I’m as smart as a calculator,
As strong as a black belt,
As fast as a rocket
And more confident than the rest of the crowd
You make me feel average, dull & weak
But you can’t comprehend that a girl can be all of these things
You laugh at me behind my back
You say my name when you thought I wasn’t listening
Their voices are louder than they’d guessed
So why would you even think I couldn’t hear them
I’m an adjective, something people try to beat
They want to beat me for no good reason but I have had enough
I am Silvana
The girl who is always feminist
The one who always wears dresses
The one who always proves you & your friends wrong
You think you’re superior just because of your gender
And now when I’m smarter than you, you can’t accept the fact that you’re not number 1
You that she can’t be a girl anymore
Just because she’s strong
So then one day you deceit me and everyone else
Say that I’m not a girl anymore
I’m nicknamed a whatever
Because everyone knows a “girl” can’t be tough
They tried to silence my confidence
They tried to spread rumors and lies
So then they betrayed me again & again
Just so that the confidence in me would die
You can’t grasp the idea of someone so Brave
So you tried to take that part of me away
She’s fast
She’s never lost a race
She makes all the boys want to threaten her speed
They lie & say that they’re faster
Throw tantrums when she’s proved them wrong
She is a girl. She is not a boy.
She is caring and loving
This once noun, now an adjective, she’ll fight for what’s right when life isn’t fair
Kind & sweet, she will always be there for her friends
No matter how many people try to hurt us
You can’t fathom a girl being better
But I’ve already proved you wrong
Silvana isn’t a noun. She’s an adjective.
And she is who she is.
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