When my mother explained the facts of life to me,

She said was that I was going to bleed,

And when I cried and said I didn't want to be a girl,

She told me it was not the end of the world.

But maybe I cried because I saw

The sadness seeping from deep inside my mother,

And the very sad way she tried 

To hide it from me.

But this world will never be right for men,

Until it is right for women again.

But truly, it won't be right for women,

Until it's also right for men.

Something's got to give

And change, and realign properly

Out in space, 

To give us all a freaking break,

And let humanity live

Together,

And breathe, and have its being

In real-time peace of mind.

-jenn