Woman Wearing A Veil Poem by Riitta Gyllenbogel

A woman wearing
a veil
oppressed?
or expressing her own
opinion?
her own beliefs

shall I respect
the need to hide
woman's
sensuality from view
lest a man feel desire
and lose control?
or can I simply say
this is not
how I
view the world?

each person
holds the key
to their own actions
be they motivated
by desire
or by
whatever else
so, if you yourself will
hide your body from view,
you may
but never say
another one must