What I Am Worth Poem by victoria martinez

I walked through those streets
I bowed my head
I left my dreams
When I left my bed
.
I thought I would never let go
I thought I knew how to claim my own
I was so sure that I was stronger than the rest
I was positive my breath would save me from death
Never thought I would breathe anything in
Other than life
.
How it feels to be wrong when you were so sure that you were right
It’s like a knife through your answers
It’s like a diamond you lost
It’s like the plans you made weren’t enough
.
I’ll never be what I thought I could
I’ll never see what you thought I should
I’ll cremate my body
And release my soul
I’ll watch my personality become the polluted air
.
Ashes let free into the wind like the dust I’m destined to be
My fingers only feeling the cool tension of being me
My thoughts only release into a white room
Because doctors diagnosed me as insane
My love released into a cage
Because I show it only when in fits of rage
.
I am a product of the broken world
I am a product of the living dead
I am a product sell me for happiness
I am a product buy to satisfy your lust
.
So I left my dreams when I left my bed
Because us women we never do enough
We woman are over looked, never called tough
.
I dared myself to be different
I dared myself to try
People in this world don’t understand me
They don’t hear my cries
I weep silently into my existence
.
I scream and it’s a muffled voice
I am a woman it wasn’t my choice
I can feel the power of men
And it’s over bearing
I can feel myself drowning
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I am a product but, I won’t be sold
I have come to accept my life is more precious than any amount of gold.