Friday, October 24, 2014

I am from

I am from a family where girls are less than boys. 
Girls have no freedom compared to boys.
Girls have no voice compared to boys. 
 
I am from a house hold where the male figure thinks he is above all and that he can talk to women as he pleases. Because he's a man and since I am a girl I have to sit there and bite my tongue while he yells at me and tells me I am not going anywhere in life.  

I am from a life where children have no real life experience are "paranoid". 
When in reality they do not want to do something unless it has something in it for them. 

I am from a family where parents do not care if I look back on my life 20 years from now and that I have no real life experiences or exciting memories to look back and laugh at. 

I am from a family with you just sit still and wait and for your coming of age . 

15 comments:

  1. Very emotional and well written.

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  2. Very powerful piece I can tell it came from the heart

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  3. Your story was sad it went right to the heart, and it seems as if you put heart and time into it.

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  4. I loved the tone of your poem it holds a ton of emotion and power

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  5. You really got into your feelings I like how you express it throughout your writing.

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  6. Jelly,
    I can only imagine some of the experiences you must be going through. Thank you for trusting us to share this piece. I know you are strong and will stand through this.

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  7. I can tell threw you text that you feel for this issue you are a very good writer I can tell what you feel nice job

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  8. Do you believe that you live in a all male dominated society?

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  9. I am from a family where you just sit still and wait for your coming of age stuck out the most to me. I find that part very interesting.

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  10. Do you disagree with how the male figure in your household feels against women?

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  11. Your poem was very powerful and it sounded very personal also.

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  12. I feel really bad that your going through these.

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  13. I can tell your voice is that of anger at what you're describing. In general I could feel high levels of emotion in this writing. Awesome job.

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