The big or the small,
The harder they’d fall.
Yet, throughout it all,
Was created their call.
The door opened for one,
Yet, sadly, who knew?
If you’re black, brown or yellow,
This did not mean you.
The rallies were going,
The marches held on!
Equality demanded,
Old attitudes be gone!
Behind a sea of unrelenting faces,
Determined to win,
Toed any womyn of color,
Who, simply, did not fit in.
The womyn- they toiled,
They trudged through the hate,
Oppression no more!
We’ll determine our own fate!
Far in the back,
Having each other to hold on,
Less considered ANY rights,
Were ladies staying strong!
As much as bigotry
Had ruled as “The Norm”,
All womyn proclaimed,
Together we reform!
After the fight,
Unwavering to the end,
Still left far behind,
Womyn of color-
only themselves to defend.
Many decades would pass,
Before these womyn would see,
By 1965
They’d cry VICTORY!
Now do we all stand,
Together with pride?
No one among us,
Shall ever have to hide!
When you hear all the rallies,
99 years is their cheer,
Remember, NOT ALL,
Let’s be very clear!
Stay humble proclaiming,
Womyn’s right to vote,
Remember the ones,
Who DESERVE to take note!
Rants by MaryZary 