Blaze on
I was told when I was a child Girls are to be seen and not heard Girls are to be timid Don't laugh out loud its not really lady like I was a strong girl Tall and strapping Taller than others my age I felt so ashamed A clumsy long limbed clout I envied the small thin figures They looked so very delicate In my size seven shoes I loomed above most They had to look up at me The Mills and Boon books I read Raved about the dainty damsels The dark and handsome young man Was so enamoured by her smallness Her coyness and her helplessness I could never be small Tall as I was And with strong broad shoulders I looked athletic and fit I so hated my strength I tried to be what they wanted Soft spoken and shy Because I wanted it so bad I really became just so Gentle and shy, seen and not heard I underplayed my strength I buried my exuberant nature deep Put on a face of calm serenity An...