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A poem based off of Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

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Enough

I fought tooth and nail for everything

Voting and things off the cuff

I fought and saw no improvement; now

I've seen and had enough


Does it prickle under your skin?

Does it make you burn with rage?

'Cause we hold our heads up with pride

Like owls that escaped a cage


Just like parents and teens

Constantly fed up with stuff

Just like adults that scold

That's enough


Did you want to see us submit?

Give up and quit after?

Shoulders falling down in defeat

As you cackle with laughter?


Does my resilience cut you?

Try not to shake with fear

'Cause I'm the one laughing now

My intentions composed clear


You can spit at me with might

You can act like you're hot stuff

You can trump me with your brawn

But I say, that's enough


Does it blow your tiny, feeble mind?

Does it shock your sour socks off

That I am a fire starter

That I'm here for a standoff


My mother used to say to me that's

Enough

Sitting in the dark with my soft cats

Enough

Surveying the shadows travel by

'Cause finding my voice is crucial this time


So now I say with exuberant pride

Enough

Thinking we will sit and abide wide-eyed

Enough

Trying to control us fellow females

Trying to diminish our wails with details

Enough

Enough

Enough

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