Women Be, Men Be.

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She Is and I Am, dissimilar but united entities.
We Are and They Are stand at polar ends.
He Is takes, beats, hunts,
but I Am doesn't want to always look over her shoulder,
but I Am doesn't want to always shrink smaller,
but I Am doesn't want to always be in danger of a theft,
but I Am doesn't want to always be quieter.
 
She Is understands I Am
while We Are argues and denies.
Every day They Are makes He Is a monster and I am and She Is and We Are have a fear that cannot be dissolved by "good sense" any more than steel is dissolved by milk.
 
Fear is only reinforced.
Feeling incomplete....
Feeling weak....
Feeling a loss of identity for uninstalling the Program.
Punishment for justice.
 
I Am cannot be in love with the struggle any longer.
I Am needs collective transformation.
Do better for We Are's sister.
Do better for They Are's brother.
Be full.

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