Do Not Try To Tame Me

365 Days of Creativity

day ninety two

I am not your girl to impress

              your dame to undress

              your damsel distressed

I am not your woman to woo

              your skirt to pursue

              your pigeon to coop

I am not your trophy to claim

              your lion to tame

              your habit to break

I am not your star to adore

              your island to shore

              your song to record

I cannot be branded and chained

              traded and slaved

              whipped and ashamed

I refuse to drop to a knee

              kiss on your ring

              battle or sing

I deny your title of king

              for what is a king

but a clown wearing mink?

I am not the 'divine feminine'

              for that is a term

              made up by men

'Lesser' or 'greater'

'better' or 'worse';

nothing but labels,

inaccurate words

Man or a woman,

bird or a beast,

nothing but bodies

by lifetimes are leased

              For people are humans

              no more than stars are just flames

              we are not our genders,

                              bodies, or brains

              you are a soul

              a brave entity

        who re-enters this world

            to learn endlessly