Feminism

Feminism
 
Don't teach my daughter the line f--k the patriarchy,
It is just sounds, letters, it doesn't make change.
No,
Teach my daughter to discuss careers with female friends at school
Destined to think their end destination is being a mother and a good cook,
To share with those less fortunate in a proactive and thoughtful way.
Teach my daughter to encourage self forgiveness in herself and others, for things that are not a woman's fault,
Teach her to help her fellow warriors, and worriers, not accept blame for wanting a consumer lifestyle  
When the media outlets, the films for little girls, the slogans  
Teach being a princess, and looking lovely are so very, very important
And enable them to want more.
Teach her to educate herself, from as many resources as possible, to read, to speak, to travel, to take up space
And soak it up like a sponge.  
Teach my daughter to love herself,  
In each moment,  
Despite the sorrow, the rage, the mundanity of her day,
Teach her to be kind to boys,
To allow them to be themselves  
Despite what society tells them it is
To be a man
Teach her to share,
Her world, equally,
As a man should, and will, share his.
Teach her to love her body and cherish what is hers,
It deserves reverence.
No, don't teach my daughter to say f--k the patriarchy,
Rage only breeds rage,
Teach her humility,
Teach her life
Can be crushed under a palm
Or nurtured  
With the gentleness of a person's fingertips.