Until the philosophy
That holds one up
And the other down
Is finally discredited
Until the ideology
That makes a man superior
And woman inferior
Is permanently abandoned
Until there is no
Second or third class woman
Or the girl-child below the boy
In any society
Until the basic human rights
Are equally guaranteed to all
Without regards to sex
Or paralysis of traditions
Until the ignoble and unwholesome
World systems and beliefs
That holds our sisters back
Have been toppled and utterly destroyed
Until the shape, figure
And voice of a woman
Is of no significance
Than the color of her teeth
There will never be light nor flight
Neither will there be breath, but death
There will always be strife and strike
And efforts but no results.
