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Define Me

I am a beautiful woman
Living in a society that wishes to mold me
But my self-respect won't allow anyone but myself
To define me.

I don't have a need to be trendy
Insubstantial judgments rarely do offend me
I am who I am
I choose freely who I wish to be
It is not hard to fathom
How I define me.

I don't need to speak in Ebonics
Pretending to be hooked on phonics
Just to get in where I fit in
With shallow cliques and deceitful friends
God made me beautifully articulate, you see
And I define me.

I don't need a man standing by my side
To attain a sense of self-pride
A strong man's love is a commodity to be known
But before a man undermines my strengths
I'd gladly stand alone.
Do I possess weaknesses
Yes, that's for sure
But what makes me the queen I am
Is my ability to endure.
You see, I define me

Though it's not always done easily
Because the perils of a weak society
Often catch us in an unjust propriety.
They say an educated woman
is something to be feared
But as she chooses her path and
defines who she is
She is something to be revered.

I was not presented with a silver spoon
At the time of my birth
But I didn't wait around for the world to
determine My intrinsic worth.
I chose to stand out
Never waiting for a hand out
I chose never to wait on destiny
When I was perfectly capable of defining me.