Me, primeval, evil me,
I tossed my veils,
Upon the sea,
Cast them aside,
Have I, I cried,
The problem is this,
No longer can I hide,
I lost them,
Can’t you see,
So I could find,
Myself in me,
And maybe you,
Could find me too,
Find in me,
What you can’t see,
A person beyond,
My gender,
Gender is only a thing,
We are all of one kind,
Human.
**** I wrote this poem a some time ago when I lived in Saudi Arabia near the Persian Gulf. Woman are viewed differently, to say the least, for there are many long held cultural viewpoints within Saudi Arabia as a culture, as there are as many viewpoints within all other culturally bound countries, and that includes America.
Your poem is an excellent reflection of and commentary on the situation of women in Saudi Arabia.
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Wonderful post Karen . I enjoyed the vibes while reading it . I lov’d the way u expressed it with transparency & lucidness. Great thoughts !
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Fatma, Thank you so much for liking my poetry. I too, especially like this one that you mentioned, Primeval Me! K. D. Dowdall
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I really liked your poem! I find it by researching my photos 🙂 I am a girl from the photo 🙂
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Sanja, I am so happy that you like my poem. I wrote it to express how so many women are not seen for who they are, not valued as they should be.
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Sanja, should I take you literally? Are you the girl in the photo or do you just feel that way? Karen 🙂
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