Stop saying you're sorry...
/Stop saying you’re sorry
they say
as if we’re allowed
to live
unapologeticly
in the world
like men.
It is not
as easy
as simple
words.
Stop saying you’re sorry
they say
as if they are not the ones
who demand
we apologize
because
we exist.
I’m sorry
is the necessary toll
a woman must pay
to be heard.
The unapologetic
wage wars
but do not die for them.
They leave
a wake of destruction.
They are taught
never to apologize.
Men do
what they want
and never think whether
they should be sorry.
We are taught
to apologize
for taking up space
for making noise
for making men feel
smaller, stupider, lesser,
for being worse
for being better.
Saying we’re sorry
is the only language
the world will
let us speak.