There is contradiction in what you suppose.
Can you wear a man’s armor, yet
Wield a feminine heart?
It is the power of woman, is it not?
To slice through steel
With but a look?
Why then pretend to be man?
When woman is so much more
Commanding.
(Previously published in Cotworld, Dec 2000)
Laurence Overmire
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/thine-own/
