Superwoman

I AM NOT SUPERWOMAN. MY MOTHER IS NOT SUPERWOMAN. MY MOTHER’S MOTHER IS NOT SUPERWOMAN. I AM, WE ARE … SOFT. CAN SHATTER. CRUMBLE IN YOUR HANDS. OUR SURVIVAL DOES NOT MEAN WE PROSPER. WE ARE LIKE OTHER WOMEN BUT WE ARE NOT LIKE THEM. WE ONLY SEEM LIKE SUPERWOMEN, FIGMENTS OF YOUR IMAGINATION, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FORCED OUR LIVES TO BE PERPETUAL LABOUR WITH ONLY SECONDS OF RELIEF. IF WE CARRY THE WORLD ON OUR SHOULDERS AND THE CHILDREN ON OUR BACKS; WHAT ARE WE BUT YOUR GLORIFIED MULES SLAPPED WITH GUILT PRAISES OF PERSERVERANCE AND STRENGTH. OUR BONE AND OUR BLOOD AND OUR SWEAT HAVE BUILT THE WEALTH OF NATIONS. OUR BURIAL SHOULD NOT BE THE FIRST TIME WE REST.

– YASMIN MOHAMED YONIS