::: Woman :::

[gnutmeg]

I am sweet and soft-spoken
polite to a fault
always opening doors
I am delicate and purposeful
bitter and sad
angry at all that is lost
and grateful for all I have gained
I'm am innocently wise
forgotten and alone
loving and cherished
non-committal as I run every show
I am passionately cold
shyly courageous
taking pain
because I'm afraid to give it
I know how to be cruel to be kind
and sometimes
kindness is the greatest cruelty
I only give what I can take
unless I forget
but you know how it goes
I'm flawed and precarious
sometimes preciously small
and perfect in every which way
I'm soft and fragile
as I crush you beneath my feet
I've broken hearts
yours and mine
I'm a tower, I'm a queen
I'm a woman
and I won't fall down for anyone
except me