In this poem I don’t claim to speak for ALL women, of course, I speak only from my own experience and perspective, and I use the word “women” not as a totality and generalization but as what is permissible by “poetic license”
Women want to be women
Confident with her femininity, not a man-like being
Women want to dress like a woman, elegant, modest and serene
without being chastised or feeling devalued
Women want to be loving, caring and compassionate
Men around her are a father, a brother, a son, or a friend
Her companion is her love, not her “enemy”
Women want to complement man, not compete with him
Women want cohesiveness not conflict
Women want to create Life, care for Life,
Protect Life, cherish Life
Not destroy it
Women want to gaze at her newborn
with fondness and endless appreciation
Whisper to her soulmate:
“this precious is made from us, for us, our very own miracle“
Women want to hold her baby with adoration and devotion
Fill her CV with pride
Job: Mother
Not “Housewife” or “Unemployed”
Women want to play
Adorn the ambiance with joy and laughter
Twirl, glide, sway and dance
with her son or her daughter
Women want to be soft and tender like a petal of a rose
Ocean breeze on a hot summer day
Women want to feed the poor, offer bread to the hungry
Kiss the eyes, caress the tearful face of a little girl
Women want to invade hearts not countries
Embroider of the sweetness of her soul
Mercy and kindness, a warm shawl
Wrap the weak, lonely, lost and vulnerable
Women want to plant love all around
Meadows of wild flowers, scent of paradise
Women want to spread her soul wings, fly up to heaven
For her beloved, flung its gates wide open
Sprinkle the steep way up with daisies, lilies, lilac and jasmine
Women want to open her arms wide and embrace the world
Women Want Wonders
Women Work Wonders
If only you could see
Inspired by:
The Death of Feminism
Feminists lost their case when:
* They tried to improve women conditions and rights by mimicking men in appearance and behavior, instead of rejoicing in their femininity and cherishing it ( in doing so they subliminally were giving the message that in order to be as “good as men” you have to appear,work, joke and behave like a man, i.e being fully a woman is never good enough)
* furthermore, they waged a war of revenge on men, and distorted the natural loving relationship into one of conflict, jealousy and aggression, instead of understanding that the relationship with men is complementary reciprocal and harmonious, rather than one of friction and conflict
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