A Woman’s Place – Original Poem by Charleston Poet Loretta Jophlin (In Support of International Women’s Day)

We have fought to be counted amongst the human race

We are not here for your pleasure, but we’ll alleviate your pain

You can’t “grab” us or grope us in jest for your game

We are not an accessory, a muse or a “plate”

Our strength is limitless and we stand against hate

We are half of the world, half of the love, half of the power

We have come through the worst and lived our darkest hour

Women unite, with children and our brothers

We fight for justice and respect each other

We won’t be reminded of “our place” again

Our place is this world, equal to all men.

*Loretta has been a featured poet twice in the last year at East Bay Meeting House Monday Evening Poetry and Open Mic

She recently published a collection entitled “Ephemeral Unions:  The Art of Never Being Still”