almost every woman I know
feels isolated, unworthy, not good enough
lonely, even in a crowd
perhaps you can relate
your value comes from your children
and their accomplishments
their grades, their sports, where they will go to college
how popular they are
or aren’t
or your husband
his magnificent, or not, job
your address, winter vacations
where and how you spend your summer
it’s the same if you have
a career or a j-o-b of your own
hidden in the deep recesses
the places we don’t talk about
you feel pain
for not measuring up
as a mom
or a woman
how you’re failing, falling short
on the outside you look good
like you’ve got it all together
or maybe you look like
you’ve completely given up
you’re our neighbor
our sister, our friend
president of the PTA
I’ve heard it enough times
from enough women
to believe that not only is it true
it’s an epidemic
where the hell did you go?
the feisty, funny, magnificent woman
the one with plans and dreams
the one who was up to something
(is that you?)
it’s time to come out
to stand and be counted
not for whose mom or wife or CEO you are
but because YOU have value
all your own
please share
if this isn’t you but you know someone
or this IS you AND you know someone
or if you just feel like sharing dammit
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