11: Open - Nov 2021

To Be a Girl

And when times like these hit, 
I want to go out.
I want to visit my favourite place,
The sea.
It’s two a.m. and then I remember,
I’m a girl…

And on days like these,
I want to go out.
To work out. Run from the world around.
It’s seven a.m. and then I remember,
I’m a girl.

And on moments like these,
I want to go out.
Take myself for a walk before work.
It’s five p.m. and then I remember,
I’m a girl.

And with thoughts like these,
I don’t want to exist,
As a girl in this world, I don’t want to live.
Because every boy thinks I should leave.

And with words like these,
I make known to the world, 
It’s the twenty-first century,
And I’m still not free. 

-Anastasia Raf

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