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.