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.
Pen & Paper 
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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