"My Hero"
In my life The men are Pigs
They Abuse Women and tell them What to Do
They Rape and Pillage and Destroy Others
They Weigh Heavy Sentences Upon the innocent and Undeserving
They Beat The Women and Children
Red-faced and furious they give instructions to be followed
I bow my head and attempt to obey
But madness is filled the hearts of these jealous patriarchs
There is one man In my life His Name was Theodore
He taught me that not every man is bad
He taught me that women have rights and freedoms
and he loved me with a powerful unending love
I knew that in his love the others couldn't harm me
That I was safe in his arms
They beat and maimed us, raped and pillaged
My husband was the only real man among them all
The only man I respected, The only man I could love
The only man who saw something In my that I could be
Something free and bright like a feather on the morning air
He gave it to me one afternoon
He restored to me my dignity, handing it weightlessly back into my hands
He was the only True Robin Hood
I was his wife and proud to be so
And there was another who lived in the shadows
He fights and wins and carries on
Giving courage to the little and the meek
The strongest of all, He was a great man
And he loved me for all that I ever was
He really really knew me, like air like water like light
And in him was a Courage flowing
He was my hero and he always will be
A champion of the little and underpriveledged
He gave rights and freedoms to the oppressed
in ways that I could not at first understand
He was truly the Greatest Man I Have Ever Known
The Wild Wind Whispers His Name
Whether I am Chopping Potatoes Or Waiting for his footfall
I hear him coming around my eaves
Warming up the dark and gloomy
and bringing light where light was lost
In my heart he would never leave me
I know he loves me more than I can ever know
I just smile to myself and watch him go
Proud to belong to him, My Hero