INK OF BIAS

INK OF BIAS

In the gloom tossed by an old tale

Women's spirits brittle as a result of their wale

A feudal dominion, parental decree

Women are deprived, and their aspirations are hand Cree

 

The libretto was penned over millennia

Their fate is forged by a paternal hand

Society is shaped with a biased pen

Women are left bereft, on the verge of strand

 

Their dreams kindle in the embrace of adolescence

But, kept back by tyrannical power

Denying aspirations is a price they pay

According to parental sway

 

"Stay confined," they are warned,

"Within these walls, obey our commands."

Having denied limited and their thoughts limited.

They've abandoned themselves domesticated.

 

But hearken to their quietly uttered whispers

A silent strength that cannot be broken,

A fire is raging beyond the walls

Desiring freedom and the opportunity to vocational

 

Let us recast this age-old story

With empathy and equality's glory,

For women's dreams must not be denied,

And we will stand together, side by side.