They say they don’t make us like them anymore
You know
Not as humble
Not as submissive
Not as modest
Not as quiet or as lowly
As our mothers before us
Huh!
would you look at that?
They question the source of our confidence
The sheer audacity!
To raise our heads
To stand our grounds
To have a voice
“Women of today” they call us
With a snare
Too loud
Too ambitious
Too sexy
Too pretty
Too smart and witty
Too much, like a man
They don’t recognize us anymore
They wonder…
If truly, we are our mothers’ daughters
For daring to break down their walls
For leaving when our mothers stayed
For speaking when they were quiet
For choosing our own paths
For dreaming big
For defining who we are by standards of our own
Carrying on a legacy they can’t quite explain
How could they be so oblivious to the truth?
That for all we are, we are not alone.
When we speak, we speak with the voices of our ancestors ringing through our necks
Our confidence only made stronger by their spirits raging within us
This ambitious revolution they see, the realization of dreams centuries old.
Moving us to do everything they couldn’t do when they were alive
All that they weren’t
All that they endured
All that they couldn’t become
One generation after the other,
They laid bricks to form the solid foundation
Preparing us for today
And for the women we have become
We are exactly who they meant us to be
If you looked close enough,
You would see traces of their fire and spirits burning in our eyes
Thumping within our hearts
We are our mothers’ daughters
Inspired by the women who are
From the women who were
For the women who are yet to be…
xoxo
yarh
Very powerful piece
We are who they wanted us to be truly
Thank you
Wow this is some hard truth!!!
I love this
Thank you
☺️
I knew it was worth the read
Hehe
Powerful piece for the becoming woman
In fact you need to write novels for publication. I thought I was reading a whole story I never knew it was so short. In fact am inspired by this write up…indeed you are a confident lady. You’ve demonstrated a lot brevity over the years and no wonder you’ve come this far in life. Continue telling us more about your life experiences and how far you’ve come in your life journey and am sure it really gonna inspire a lot of people. Bravo my dearest sister. God be with you. Without further ado, I wish you a glorious Easter.
Thanks bro
…I also wonder, how can they not see that we are our mothers’ daughters. Excellent piece. Bravo Yarh!
Thanks Miss J
I absolutely love this!!!!
I’m glad you do . Thank you ☺️