Woman

 If you want me 
to recognize you 
as a man, 
act like one.  

if you want me 
to be your wife, 
don't treat me 
like a mother.  

Without a doubt 
I am strong.  

But can I reveal 
my weakness 
to a seven-year-old?  

Can I give 
my devotion 
to a boy?  

I'm not the saint 
for you, 
not the mother 
and not the hooker.  

I am a woman.  

If you don't see that, 
you're not my man.  

A man 
who shows me 
his weakness, 

a man 
who knows 
how to take, 

a man 
just an honest man 
who loves 
deeply and tenderly.  

Me, 
the woman 
who promised herself 
to love.

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