Insecure Empires

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If I were man enough
I would not think of you as property
Consider you, less than me

If I were man enough
I would not silence you
Police your body
Criminalize your movements
Reduced to wife and mother only

If I were man enough
I wouldn't fear your strength
Or feel the need to twist 
The beauty of your body
As a weapon against me

If I were man enough
In many ways
We'd be equal already

But I am a pretender
My kind 
We are weak
So you must
Cover your bodies
In order not to tempt us
Speak in whispers
Don't ever confront us

Fortunately
You are 
And will always be
Like cattle
To my kind and me

Know your place