By definition, woman means an adult female human being
A man’s wife, a girlfriend or lover
Womankind
A being with distinctively feminine nature
As oxford distinctively fails to express the depth of my species
the eloquence of their DNA
the power of their existence
I will tell you what being a woman means
Being a woman means being a force
It means, laughing at your situation like Sarah
It means having adversity for breakfast like Ruth
It means resilience like Hannah
It loudly means submission like the mother of Jesus, Mary
It means intelligence like Moses’ sister, Miriam
It means compassionate zeal for justice like Deborah
It beings bravery and courage like Esther
I will tell you what being a woman means
Being a woman means carrying your heart on your sleeve
It means learning to love even when all the world has hate to offer
Being a woman means tattooing the halls of your heart with Proverbs 31
You know you are being a woman when a thousand fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand but it shall not come near thee
It means knowing you are fearfully and wonderfully made
Moulded like pottery in the potter’s house with the Potter’s bare hands
Portraying picture perfect portraits of the King Himself like a human past participle
Being a woman means confidence
It means confronting demons and slaying giants
Being a woman means wearing your heart on your sleeve
It means smiling even though your world is falling apart
It means chin up even when your circumstance demands your head bowed
It means chest out even when your shoulders can’t take the weight
It means stomach-in because hlasela mafutha for everyone!
Being a woman is deeper than Adam’s rib
Being a woman goes far beyond fulfilling a societal role
We cannot be boxed. We cannot be buried.
We cannot be silenced. We cannot be defined.
So if anything being a woman means meaning.
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