reckoning

what is the value
of a woman?
why do men think they
get to decide?
never looking past the surface
to meet the soul inside

close your mouth
open your legs
did you really think he
would be interested
in what you just said?
you're just another face
that barely stood out

it hardly mattered
who you were
or what you think
you may as well be dead
the spirit inside you withered
from all of the neglect

he gives you a gift
then sends you a bill
and wants you to treat him
as a lover will
you will not take it
anymore
he can't keep
treating you like
a mother/whore
you are more than the
sum of your parts
and it sucks to be him
he couldn't see
from the start

finally, finally choose yourself first
you missed out on so much
and have such a thirst
to experience all that
life has to offer
maybe someday you
will get to know
what it is like to
truly be loved
girl never again
let yourself suffer
at the hands of another