that time of the month

It's that time of the month again

Anger fills my heart

Sadness fights for power

My eyes fall close

Yet I can't sleep

The pain in my abdomen

Bursting full like a bruise

Waking up

Bloody

Because it's that time of the month again

And I once again

Wonder why

Women are thought of as weak

When a girl's right of passage

Is signed with blood and five days of pain