Why'd This All Have To Be Poem by Talile Ali

MALIGNED FOR THEIR BEAUTY
DEFILED FOR THEIR MIND
DENIED THEIR RIGHT BE REAL
& AN EQUAL IN OUR TIME
MOLESTED IN BUSHES, LOT'S & HALLWAY'S
ABUSED IN ALLEY'S, BARS & HILLS
DEFILED BY RIGHTEOUS PRIVILEGED VILLAINS
WHO IN THEIR MIND'S & ACT'S ARE ILL
HOW DARE WE SAY WE'RE CIVIL
THIS POINT DEFIES THAT TRUTH
OUR WOMEN ARE DISRESPECTED
ABUSED BEYOND ALL PROOF
COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY
WE ALLOW THE BENT AND BROKE
TO HURT & ABUSE WOMEN
& ACT LIKE IT'S A JOKE
TO TOLERATE SUCH SICK WAYS
IN OUR SOCIETY
MAKES ME JUST SIT AND WONDER
WHY'D THIS ALL HAVE TO BE
I KNOW I NEVER WANTED IT
DID YOU, OR YOU, OR YOU?
THEN WHY IS IT THAT WE LET
OUR WORLD TREAT WOMEN SO CRUEL
WE WON'T PAY THEM LIKE EQUALS
WE WON'T TREAT THEM LIKE FRIENDS
WE WON'T RESPECT THEIR BRILLIANCE
WON'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO MAKE AMENDS
LET'S END THIS REIGN OF TERROR
LET'S END THIS TALE OF WOE
AND START RESPECTING WOMEN
AND END THE HORROR SHOW
FOR SUCH BEAUTY, INTELLECT & GLAMOUR
OUR WORLD'S BLESSED BY THEIR GLOW
FOR WOMEN ARE THE TREASURE
OF ALL WE SEE, FEEL & KNOW
OF ALL WE SEE, FEEL & KNOW