Standing down

 

Every time

I tried to rise

 

You shut me down

Locked me out of the house

 

Or send me back to the lion’s den

No protection

 

Just bowed

To listen

 

I kept rising

Standing up

 

Yet, again I was not listened too

Sent back into my room

 

Every time

I tried to rise

 

You shut me down

Leaving me to think

 

I was not good enough

I was not allowed to be there

 

I was not allowed to be strong

I was not allowed to be born

 

Until I decided to stand down

And left