Because I'm a Girl

I’m more than just a pretty face.

I giggle at inappropriate times, wear combat boots with surgical attire, give birth to scientific ideas and a child with equal passion.

I love shoes and pretty things, and politics and business affairs. I am international and global, but I can make the most comfortable of homes.

Knights in shining armor need apply, I don’t need saving today. I am my own champion.

I require real love with passion and companionship based upon respect and equality. Equality. That’s what I need.

I have a strong heart and a soft soul, tender words for the dying and an unbreakable devotion to my children.

I am many things, but I am not weak.

The tears that run from my eyes do not illuminate tremors in my spirit, rather they shine the light on the courage that it takes to be vulnerable.

I am not against men. I seek respect deserved by a gender just as powerful, just as relevant. My strengths lie deep within my heart, though my physical shell tends towards the delicate.

Don’t dismiss me from the world stage because I am a girl.
Welcome me, because I can help make this place so much better.

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Written in honor of International Women's Day 2012