I'm a woman

I'm a woman
I'm born with an expiration date.
The countdown begins 
In my sweet 16th's

I'm a woman
I am a commodity
You can buy me for goats
And kill me for free

I'm a woman
My value lies between my legs
And not between my ears.
I'm a frigid or a whore
Nothing in between.

I'm a woman
I need protection of a man
From other men.
Marry me
And you can rape me legally.

I'm a woman 
I'm too fat or to thin,
Too blonde or too dark
Never ok,
Never enough.

I'm a woman,
My voice goes unheard,
Like a scream underwater 
Like a fight in a dream.

I'm a woman,
Today I am proud,
I stand tall,
Let me be!