THE REASON
I have seen it all
How women are being castigated and labelled
I have witnessed dreams killed
And desire crushed
I am a witness to circumstances that are bad enough to bleed the soul
For this reason,
even though
I am not clever enough
I am not wise enough
But I refuse to give up.
I refuse to be dependent
I refuse to stop learning
I refuse to be a liability.
For:
I want to embrace progress
I want to help
I want to break barriers
Even though I have been limited
By finance and the negative ideology that governs our society.
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REASON FOR PROGRESS
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Written on February 20, 2023
Submitted by Morenikeh on February 20, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | XX XX X XXAAX XXB XXXXXB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 541 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 5, 3, 6 |
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