W O M A N - Nikki Giovanni
she wanted to be a blade
of grass amid the fields
but he wouldn't agree
to be a dandelionshe wanted to be a robin singing
through the leaves
but he refused to be
her treeshe spun herself into a web
and looking for a place to rest
turned to him
but he stood straight
declining to be her cornershe tried to be a book
but he wouldn't readshe turned herself into a bulb
but he wouldn't let her growshe decided to become
a woman
and though he still refused
to be a man
she decided it was all
rightby Nikki Giovanni