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Strong Independent Woman

I am a Strong Independent Woman

I live alone, call a foreign land my home,

earn my keep, and pay off my loans. 


I am a Strong Independent Woman

I cook all my meals, do the laundry, 

do all my chores, and even spend my own money at stores.


I am a Strong Independent Woman

I pay all my bills on time, never on a borrowed dime,

and at the end of the day, I enjoy a margarita with lime.


I am a Strong Independent Woman 

I stay out late, sometimes go on dates, 

No one to question me, restrictions I hate.


I am a Strong Independent Woman

I handle disappointments with my head high

rarely expressing more than a sigh. 


I am a Strong Independent Woman

I cry sometimes; I won't lie

But rarely do I want to curl up and die.


I am a strong Independent Woman

I carry my groceries, change the lightbulbs, and fix the plumbing,

though I wont deny, sometimes, I wish I had a hand that was helping.


I am a Strong independent Woman

my shoulders do ache with all the responsibilities I carry,

and sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't maybe marry?


I am a Strong Independent woman

self sufficient and financially able,  

yet at times I wonder if I am just chasing a label. 


I am a strong independent woman

though, sometimes I ponder

wouldn't it be lovely 

to have someone to miss and wonder

A steady partner to rely on

a shoulder to cry on

someone to fight over the TV remote with

and go on long moonlight walks with 

whose attention and company I can continue expecting

instead of wishing and hoping and planning and dreaming


But no, don't get me wrong, that is just a fantasy 

I simply jest, do not take it seriously

because while it is fun to imagine a fairy tale

it doesn't exemplify the role of a male

in my life, for you MUST see, 

a fleeting wish does not undo years of me

armoring myself against this unjust world

that labelled me a helpless little GIRL. 


I am STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMAN

And I need you to SEE

That that little princess

is no longer me!


Who wants to be rescued 

by her knight in shining armor?

Me? No, Surely not I!

I would rather live a life of arduous labour

for it be seen more fairly

than "selling out" as a wife!


A Strong Independent Woman, am I!

a companion, a home, children, 

who needs all these things? Not I!

even if they are buried deep in a secret wishing vault inside...

for I am, after all, a strong independent woman

...aren't I?









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