Until the philosophy <br />That holds one up <br />And the other down <br />Is finally discredited <br /> <br />Until the ideology <br />That makes a man superior <br />And woman inferior <br />Is permanently abandoned <br /> <br />Until there is no <br />Second or third class woman <br />Or the girl-child below the boy <br />In any society <br /> <br />Until the basic human rights <br />Are equally guaranteed to all <br />Without regards to sex <br />Or paralysis of traditions <br /> <br />Until the ignoble and unwholesome <br />World systems and beliefs <br />That holds our sisters back <br />Have been toppled and utterly destroyed <br /> <br />Until the shape, figure <br />And voice of a woman <br />Is of no significance <br />Than the colour of her teeth <br /> <br />There will never be light nor flight <br />Neither will there be breath, but death <br />There will always be strife and strike <br />And efforts but no results. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />'' dedicated to all women all over the world, especially those who still suffer under the oppression of patriachy of male hegemony''<br /><br />ifedayo oshin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-song-for-mercy/
