On Being a Woman

It takes more than biology to be a woman;
It takes history-
Lifetimes of wisdom buried in your soul
that make you the woman that you are.

It takes more than endurance to be a woman;
It takes pain
And wounds so deep they never stop bleeding.
But you draw from strengths you never knew you had.

It takes more than self-confidence to be a woman;
It takes guilt
And shame
And the difficult journey down the path of self-acceptance.

The clothes, oh no! They don't make a woman.
She makes herself
More beautiful
With each new layer revealed.

It takes more than grace to be a woman;
It takes beauty
From the inside out
To see perfection in each teardrop
And embrace sorrow as a friend.

It takes more to be a woman;
More than any man can give.
And sometimes
It takes more than I've got.

The fact that you make no sense doesn't mean you're an artist	Men have feelings too	Impressing a woman	And yet she lingers
You are a writer in the sense that a woodpecker is a carpenter	It's as easy to write bad poetry as it is to breathe	On Not Being Bob Dylan	The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves
Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine	River of blood	How to Write Bad Poetry	Someone call the waaaambulance
bad poetry	A Map in Four Parts	Hail Mary Full of Grace	Girls possess me but they're never mine.
If a cop harasses you, take his badge number	Nobody Knows It But Me	Weep You No More, Sad Fountains	Vashti
The creation of woman	Too much bad poetry on E2	Alan C. Kay