Allow me to be a woman today.
Allow me to rest in my bed under my soft covers
and stretch my aching body,
Allow me to be a woman today.
To stand underneath the showerhead for as long as I need,
letting the warm water flow over the valleys of my body.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
Allow me to be a woman today,
to sit at a table and eat what I like, how much I want,
enjoying the texture and the taste on my tongue
without worrying about the calories that will probably rest on my hips.
Allow me to be a woman today,
picking flowers in the garden just because I like the way they look,
Or I enjoy the scent.
Allow me to be a woman today, to lie down in the grass,
stare up at the sky. Butterflies overhead, clouds playing in the heavens.
Allow me to be a woman today, to run barefoot in fields of wildflowers,
to be free and playful with childlike abandon.
Allow me to be a woman today,
not a mother or a wife
Not a baddie or an exec.
Allow me to be a woman today, to dress up,
put on nice shoes, fix my hair,
touch up my makeup,
Allow me to show up for myself on my own terms.
Allow me a simple moment;
to breathe and to exist,
to feel and to appreciate
without the rush of being the next
thing for the next person.
Allow me to be a woman today.
Without fear and worry that I might be in danger,
Allow me to be a woman simply because that is what I am.
Allow me to be a woman today, to laugh relentlessly at the small things
Whether you understand them or not,
and without it being a measure of my IQ.
Allow me to be a woman today. To be soft and feminine and loved.
Allow me to be a woman today,
And then tomorrow, I’ll be a warrior.
