Since When
You spent
all of those tender years
crafting a version of you.
Someone with grit,
someone who dares to outwit,
the towering, tantrumous few.
Now you melt
in the stained palms
of those who lead without qualms;
those who
have every intention to
rob you of character, choice and charm.
Since when
did we listen to men,
whose priorities revolve
around the problems to solve
in their beds?
Since when
did we listen to men,
whose true upheaval
stems from the evil
that bubbles and breeds
in their heads?
Where did your confidence go?
Where is the person
I was hungry to get to know?
Though I know
the fear was planted long ago,
how could you let it grow
oh so dramatically so?
You moulded
your own moral compass
and lived in a way that felt free.
You calculated and debated
the risk and pain that you created
by choices you made willingly.
Since when
did we listen to men,
whose priorities revolve
around the problems to solve
in their beds?
Since when
did we listen to men,
whose true upheaval
stems from the evil
that bubbles and breeds
in their heads?
Now you scream,
sat behind a screen,
blindly claiming to be clean;
so eager
to share stories
of sins you say you’ve seen.
But I see you,
and I’ve seen what you do,
there’s no shame in breaking a rule or two.
Together we’ve fought
to harvest our own thought,
so who do you now listen to?
Since when
did we listen to men,
whose priorities revolve
around the problems to solve
in their beds?
Since when
did we listen to men,
whose true upheaval
stems from the evil
that bubbles and breeds
in their heads?
How can you claim
that you’re not the same?
How can you blame
when you’re just the same?
How can you claim
that you’re not the same?
How can you blame
when you’re just the same?
It’s them it’s them, it’s always been them;
I’m not pointing at you, I’m pointing at them.
Please let’s not lose
our right to choose,
please let’s not lose
our right to choose.
Do you remember when
we didn’t listen to these men?