A single tear can kill a man

Or send them to life in the can

In days of old, it got them whipped

Hidden smirks as their skin ripped

What power lies in those tears!

Oh, how an encounter fills my fears.

Tears which can take all one holds dear

Tears which inflict pain on those near

Those tears have stripped those of childhood

Turned children to adults where they stood

Those tears have excluded, stripped, and crushed

Those tears inflicted on others whose pain they purposefully hushed

Womanhood is a conditional thing

Once those tears start to spring

You find out you’re not apart of their fights

Even though your foresisters helped secure their rights

And you stand there confused, stuck with a bruise

Trapped in a system they chronically abuse

Sometimes they’ll slip that pink invite

But only if you renounce your race by tonight

If you say no the fragile tears will fall

Reddening faces as they make you feel small

In their eyes, you’ll become a towering beast

With one call you’ll be a victim in their murderous feast

Yes, the endless power held in tears

Is something that ignites my fears.