This poem is dedicated to women that have been brokenhearted, left with children by selfish men, raped, killed, and those that have been abused.

Pull yourself together for the sake of the world.
Men might be cruel but not all men are cruel.
Men might be selfish but not all men are selfish.
Men might rape and kill but not all men rape and kill
Only cowards do the above things.

My sister, mother, cousin, aunt, granny, niece.
You might have gone through bad things,
But it’s not too late for you to start over or continue with the journey of life.
Some men might have broken your heart,
But that doesn’t mean that you must not give other men a chance.

Your enemies enjoy to see you down.
Your enemies love it when you cry.
Your enemies are rejoicing because of your tears.
Your enemies are celebrating because of your tears.
So what are you going to do about this?
Wake up now, or regret it later.

Fix yourself.
Give your enemies a hard time by working hard.
Give your enemies a hard time by being successful.
Give your enemies a hard time by embracing the pain.

Cry only to God, live a prayer life.
Arise and shine, for your light has come.
Arise and shine, because the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
Arise and shine, because you are the heroes of the world.
Arise and shine, because you are the life-givers.

You gave birth to us.
You brought us to this world.
You deserve all the respect you can get.
You are the ones who are supposed to be ruling and leading the world.
You are the brave ones.

When giving birth, it felt like a world war.
It felt like a nuclear bomb was coming out of you.
You know the pains of the world.
Your braveness and kindness should be respected.
You can mend the world.
You can make it a better place,
But only if you wake up.

You are stuck in one place,
Because of the pains that you have.
You are stuck in one place,
Because of the things you went through.
You are stuck in one place,
Because of your bad past.

Most of your pains were caused by men.
You sometimes feel like God neglected you or forsook you.
My sister, mother, cousin, aunt, granny, niece.
The devil sometimes uses men just to stop you
From getting to your desired destinations,
But don’t blame anyone or the devil for your mistakes.
Just pull yourself together,
Because you are not failures.

If you can bring a man into this world.
What can make you fail to change him?
You have many positions in this world,
But you are blind to see,
Because your pains are pulling you back and you allow them.

You managed to get away from labour pain.
What will make you fail to get away from break up pain
Caused by men, pain of being raped by men, pain of being abused by men?
Labour pains hurt more than other pains.

You can get away from that pain, trust me.
To those that just encountered these pains,
You are not the first ones to get these pains.
Some were hurt more than you, some didn’t survive them,
But you can survive them.
Times have changed, it’s now time for you.
So wake up and claim what’s yours.

You can’t claim what’s yours with your pain.
Put aside the pain and rise.
You can’t claim what’s yours with your pain.
Allow yourself to heal.

There are still good men out there,
That could love to continue with the journey of life with you
Without break ups.
There are still good men out there
That have the ability of loving a woman without hurting them.
There are men that still want you out there.
There are men with pure gold hearts.

Do not blame one man for some other man’s mistakes.
Do not punish other men for some men’s mistakes.
I deserve a chance, we all deserve a chance.
God forgave us all for our sins.
God forgives us regardless to how many sins we committed.
God does not count when he forgives us.

If you are an unbeliever,
Just move on with your life instead of being stuck in one place.
Pain or tears can’t pay your bills.
Pain or tears can’t pay rent for you.
Pain or tears can’t give you a job.
Pain or tears can’t feed your children.

You better get out there and claim what’s rightfully yours.
You better wake up before it’s too late.
You better wake up before you regret it.
You better wake up before someone claims your position in life.
You better wake up and rebuild yourself.

I believe that you all have dreams.
I believe that you all desire something.
I believe that you don’t want your children to go through
What you went through.
You better wake up before it’s too late and
Exercise your rights as a woman.

All women’s lives matter.
All women’s dignity matters.
All women deserve to be treated fairly.
All women deserve to be treated with respect.
All women deserve to be loved.
Women are the flowers of the earth.
Women are the heroes of the earth.

All women out there,
Hold each other’s hands,
Show each other ways,
Teach each other to differentiate between the wrong and the right.
Together you can do it.
Together you can lead the world.
Together you can conquer the world.

To all men out there.
Let’s love our women
Let’s appreciate our women.
Let’s be thankful for these women that we have.
Let’s protect these precious souls.
Let’s not be secondary victimisation to victimised women.

This is all because,
Women are life-givers.
With no women in this world,
There wouldn’t be life.
With no woman, you would not have been born.

YOU STRIKE THE WOMAN, YOU STRIKE THE ROCK.