: Because I am a Woman: Monday Writing Snippets...

Hey, hey, hey!!! It has been a minute and I missed my weapons of trade, pen, paper and laptop I hope you didn’t miss me too much cause I did. Hope this finds you in good spirit if not, like I always say “THIS TOO SHALL PASS”, hang in there you are stronger more than you think. Remember that time when you felt like it was the end of the world and that was it for you, where are you now?? You are alive and kicking the heck out life, because you are the king of your destiny and you always get out of it alive.

Welcome the month of February, I hope you are all ready to see what it has in store for us. I am personally excited about it because I decided to utilise its Mondays in a different way. This is the month of what I call the “Monday Writing Snippets”, where I will allow you into my empire state of mind. You will get to read little bits and bobs of some of my writings. And I am excited to let you know that you are welcome to post your work here as well on the comment section and I will get to post them on my instagram page, of course giving you credit of your work so you can connect with more writers and readers as well as simply making new friends. You can also send topics of your interest and I will write about it, you also can choose to write whatever way you want, and make this even more fun. So this is going to be a February Series and I hope you will like it, let’s engage in the comment section you all welcome!!!

This is something I wrote when I was in the spirit of appreciating my whole woman and every other woman out there. The pain we go through but still emerge as the strongest and the most compassionate species. Enjoy!!!

BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN!!!

By Christine Matenga

As look in the mirror I see a reflection of a young woman, a woman printed with a numerous scars; scars of betrayal, of hurt, of anger, of bitterness, scars of life, scars so brutally endowed by life and she carries herself so beautiful, so beautiful with so much confidence and life. She is a woman also embroidered with a bit of love, a bit of affection, compassion and a big heart.  I ask word by word seeing the woman in the mirror saying it with me, WHO AM I?

I am a woman, a woman so strong she has seen it all, torture, betrayal, discomfort, sorrow and weeping, yet she embraces joy, laughter and love over and over again as it comes the list unfolds as the sky lays upon our heads, I am a woman , a woman so beautiful, the colour is contagious.

I have walked paths, paths that have cut the skin off of the little feet I have, thorns that have viciously scratched the skin of my heart, yet, yet I walk with so much power, my head lifted up so high because I am, I am a woman.

Betrayal, sorrow, pain, hate and tears know the deepest depths of my full being, yet, yet all these have made a beautiful endowment the skies under the heavens have seen, a woman that has feet that paint the ground she walks on gracefully, gracefully it leaves a trail of power, knowledge, fragility, femininity, wisdom, care and affection, affection that is communicable and makes the world a beautiful place to stay.

I carry the world as heavy as it is and never give up, heavens have blessed me with a smile, a smile that brightens up the day of many, a voice which caresses the heart and soothes the soul, wherever I step a trail of empathy is left behind and my name is unforgotten because I am a woman.

I come in different colours, different shapes and heights and I make the world multiply everything I touch, everything I touch turns into gold because I am a well organised version of a man, I am not a replica but I am an entity of my own the world cannot afford the expense of my scarcity.

Love, love knows my name from deep within as it is which I was made out of, I give love, I eat love I spread love because I am a woman, I am strong I am formidable all that jazz you throw at me I receive with so much strength if I fall a hundred times I wake up a hundred and one more times, it is within this capability that I have become the resilient being I am.

Tears have known me, and I have shown them a million times and not to symbolize my weakness but to signify how I feel when I feel it, within which spectrum of emotions I have shown a gift, a gift which the world has had since the beginning, because it is within this emotion I have created more and love every day, love to give abundantly, for I am a mother, a sister, a wife, a grandmother, an aunt, a supportive friend and a well organised man,  creation bore me  from its blessed womb, and set me here with both hands, both hands  that gave me a chance , a chance to live and spread the gift that I come with ,the gift of being who I am, because I am a woman.

I have seen it all,  all the negatives I have learnt to conquer, to mold and build, build  to be part of life, and I have refused to be the victim but the survivor of all circumstances, and I take all that life comes with ,my head held so high. I shall not say I am perfect no, because I am not but it is within these flaws I am beautiful, I wear my scars with me every day and embrace my imperfections, my imperfections which make me uniquely perfect, I wear the pain and distress I have seen and have made me appreciate the happiness and joy life also throws at me unconditionally which has made me emerge STRONG and MIGHTY because I AM A WOMAN!!!

For any feature of your writings just comment with your poem or any short writing and send your Instagram ID, OR email me directly. You can connect with me on instagram @chrissinit19. Enjoy your week!!!

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