For 8th March

By Pooneh Nedai – IRAN
I wanted to be myself
A woman for nature
with loose hair against the sun
But I became a man
To get a work visa
In a four-cornered city

I wanted to be myself
A woman for love
With a free heart before him
But I became a man
To lose femininity
to the framework of the ancestors

I want to be myself
A decent girl
With shiny hair
and a beating heart
To crush time
and making a new watch
With fair hands

I want to be the red word
To burn squares!