She wanted to be a blade
of grass amid the fields
But he wouldn't agree
to be the Dandelion
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She wanted to be a robin singing
through the leaves
but he refused to be
her tree
She spun herself into a web
and looking for a place to rest
turned to him
but he stood straight
declining to be her cornor
She tried to be a book
But he wouldn't read
She turned herself into a blub
but he wouldn't let her grow
She decided to become
a Woman
and though he still refused
to be a man
She decided it was all
right
Poetry by Nikki Giovanni
Photos by me
