Women like me

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Women like me
cannot speak;
A word remains in their throats
like a thorn
they choose to swallow.
Women like me
only know how to weep.
Reluctant weeping
that suddenly
pours and flows
like a severed vein.
Women like me
bear blows,
and do not dare return them.
They shudder with anger
and repress it.
Like lions in cages
women like me
dream...
of freedom...

Maram al-Masri

Women display their hands which are painted red, symbolizing bloodshed, and blue, symbolizing peace, during a demonstration demanding the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, September 28, 2011.
REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi

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