I swear because the madness of people living in a world that contains everything but the joy they seek drives me wild.
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Updated 6 years ago,January 17, 2019
I swear because women are meant to taste sweetand I taste of spiceI swear because women are meant to be niceand with my words I wish to start a fight with all that must be broken open so we may be freeI swear for the cage you created for me the moment I was born from the womb with a vaginais not the box I live inI build my own boxit dont have the insistent cry of the children I wont bring forthor the yawn from mouth at a desk with a job that is killing a spirit I do not know is a spirit for I am so disconnected from myself I am lostmy box doesnt have the pension I wont ever spend because Im miserable with my existence and this will manifest as disease and pain and cancer and kill me before I begin to liveI swear because the madness of people living in a world that contains everything but the joy they seek drives me wildI cannot contain my disdain for those who have quit living while they still liveand when I swearyou listenyour ears stretch widefor the world you live in is built for ladiesthat courtesy and collect the childrenbake cakesand clean your beer bottlesas you fall asleep with a cigarette in your handsI swear for I wish to break the chains from the throats of women who are afraid to be speakto disruptI wish to disrupt everything in your life that is parched dry of the authenticity of your soulI wish to shake you into all that you are so you may leave all that you pretend to beI swear because we dont listen anymorebecause good, fine, okayarent even emotions and I want to hear your soul cryyour heart speakI swear because our world still needs to be shouted at to listen sometimesnot allbut someI swear because I like the way the energy in a room tenses as the words fall from my fiery tongueI swear to get a rise from the parts of you that you do not know are sleeping.
Jinna Yang
