Woman roar
I am woman and you will hear me roar
My thunder won’t be overlooked no more
I have given you chance enough
I have given you opportunity enough
I have given you time enough
But you refuse to open your eyes
Refuse to identify a Queen for what she is
A force to be reckoned with
A lightning bolt on the mountain of injustice
Cracking open the peak and revealing the truth of your nature
I am woman and you will hear me roar
The news can’t prepare you for my storm
Your institutions and man-caves
can’t protect you from my storm
My tornado has shaken even the most prejudiced of souls
My tornado has shattered
fragile masculinity time and time again
My tornado has shredded
unlawful laws to pieces
My tornado has broken
the knees of those bowing to false beliefs
My tornado has led chained brothers through the tunnels of hell
All the way to freedom
My tornado has awakened the vocal cords of fellow sisters
and from them came hymns of pure beautiful power
I am woman and you will hear me roar
You will have no choice but to look into the eye of my storm
This tsunami that has been building inside me
Is far more justified than your wall
And will crash through each and every last brick
The brick of inequality
The brick of misogyny
The brick of racism
The brick of sexism
The brick of prejudice
The brick of sexual assault and abuse
The brick of discrimination
The brick of homophobia
The brick of bigotry
The brick of hatred
And even that seemingly unmovable brick of silence
My waves will tear down all this injustice
And with them
Will come a sea of change
I am woman
I am my roar
~ Z
Hello, I’m Zainab, but you can call me Z. I’m just a 19-year-old girl blessed with hazelnut skin, an electric Brain, and a love for life, trying my best to write about what I know to be true.