I DARE YOU, WOMAN

The natural ontological make of mankind is creativity


Every human aspiring to transform their world

Exploiting, exploring ever new possibilities

Searching for richer, fuller prosperities

To which they can relates and accept

But to which they must be cautious

A task, they must, with care, perform

That is why, woman, you must act, and now, you must



React you must to transform your environment

Tear down the wall, the shackles and cuffs

The manacles, the fangs, the battalions

That is perpetually in wait to keep you caged


Yes you do have your doubts

Yes you do have your hopes

Yes, your seeing of the other side maybe skewed

You seeing only the perception of the limitation of you

Based on your religions, beliefs, laws and all the other baggage and bandages


But must, you must still, everyday and under every circumstances

Strive to use materials at your disposal

To perform, overcome and recreate history

To impel, negate and reorder the present order


Rather than be seen and do remain submerged

In the culture of silence, of see and tell no evil, live and let live

Accepting conscious perception of unreality

Paternalistic submission to god and subject relationship

Remaining the docile pun of the mankind


Dare you, I say, to struggle to become free subjects

To participate in the transformation of your society

To provide the world with insight that is limited by wars and warring

To chart the path of a new world order, new models

New hopes, new face, new response, new consciousness

Encouraging your others to be educated

To become socially, politically, and economically conscientise


But much more, dare you I say to un marginalize you

Dare you to scratch where and when you itch

Dare to be curious, be conscious, to aspire

Dare you avoid being sucked into the pitfall of dehumanization

Dare to emblazon your arrival, to take power and
Unearth appropriate neuter for ‘being’ or rename womankind.

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