Sis Women
Disappointed? Disconnected, oh so busy AND "Brave"
So Very Fucking Brave baby,
So Fucking "Brave"
Ladies ain't
Ladies
no more
We "Brave"
Don't open the doors for us
Dont help us fix the flat on the side of the road
Don't help us at all
Oh… what? Weren't going to help?
Oh?... that’s cool
We don't need anyone
We got this
We ALL " Brave" now
Like the Trannies
that be Replacing us
We Got rainbow eyeshadow, now
We all "Brave"
"Brave"
Like a Movie Date with
Your Dog in a neck scarf -
"Brave"
like
Talk to yourself in the kitchen at midnight- "Brave"
Like
Another glass of wine, make it two
"Brave"
Like
"I Date Girls now, no really I do"
"Brave"
Like
Fat Girls In Spandex
Desperate and Easy,
We all be
"Brave" now
So, very "Brave"
Aren't we just?
Aren't we just?
In our
Shout-y face
Pink and Bright Red
"Look at me" hair
Swipe right for Mr. Wrong
We all be "Brave" now
Protesting, starving, screaming and Yesss Queen..."Brave"
We are
"Brave" now baby
We ALL "Brave" Now
All us Women be
Roaring- just like the songs say
And We "Brave"
But ain't
"Brave" just another word for
Scared
Just a Band-aid
For the bleeding wound of
Regret
Scared of being invisible
Scared of being alone
Scared of being forgotten
Scared of our own choices
And the devastating results,
thereof
No, no,
never mind
Forget
it
No
Not scared, lonely, forgotten,
Silly, self-abusing, no, no,no,
Women be
"Brave"
© 2020 B.C. Petrakos
Bio: B.C. Petrakos is a playwright, author, performance artist, and has the honor t
o have been published in various literary publications. She’s the co-founder of
International Word Bank Publications, and has the privilege to be part of
publishing award-winning poets, nationally, and internationally.
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