I'Ll Assure Her That It's Historical Poem by Naledi Sibisi

How do girls depend on other peoples men to feel appreciated?
Forgetting that other people wouldn't appreciate it.
How do girls depend on other peoples men for comfort?
When, if word got out they wouldn't come forth.
How do girls depend on other peoples men for an ear to listen?
Without considering the ear he'll end up neglecting.
How do girls depend on other peoples men to be a best friend?
Knowing very well the means don't justify the end.
And, how do guys leave a door open and a girl hoping for something, knowing she's letting someone down?
Cause she no longer has her guard up just like his girl did before her walls kissed the ground.
How do guys compromise and race with hype while they take the life out of her?
Then get mad when she talks to another when they chose not to make a wife out of her?
How do guys feel entitled when they couldn't even give her a title?
How do they mourn when they get shot when all along, they held the rifle?
How do girls chase a heartbreaker thinking he won't heart break her the way he did his previous "her"
How do girls forget the world believing they are his real her.
And, how do girls hurt a good guy thinking he'll be fine because of who he was before?
Then they keep it from him thinking if he knew he'd go back to who he was before.
How do they? Answer me, because none of this is rhetorical.
So, if one day I see the tracks of my little girls tears? I'll assure her that it's historical.