A Curse (an original work by me)

I was minding my business,
making Sure I kept my head low,
but I still attracted the evil eye
of the person whose house i cleant;
And now my life is ruined--
All he has to do is a few years
but he is a man
And I am a woman in a male dominated world

I had it all,
a good job and married life;
We both earned well
But I live with his parents
and they always want more:
So I am beaten, abused and burnt
and there is nothing I can do
because he is the man
An I am a woman in this male dominated world.

My life darkened that day
when the only male in the family passed away,
And my four sisters and mother had nothing to eat.
Forced to come to the city
I was taken by surprise
When the same politicians who danced with me the previous night
Forced me into the arms of sleaze
But they are men of power and many whims
And i am a woman in this male dominated worls.

Those were the happiest nine months I'd spent
Expecting a new arrival in this vast unfriendly desert
And then came the windfall:
i had given birth to a girl--
they forced me to give her death
when I wanted to give her life.
But they were men and
I am just a woman in this male dominated world.

So I went for a walk with my boyfriend;
And we held hands and spoke of our bright futures;
And then along came a man in uniform
and took us to the police station.
he was asked to leave me there while he returned with some money
what happened next is too horrible to describe.
they are still trying to prove him guilty
while I try to prove to myself that I am not.
but he is a man and the enforcer of law
And I am a woman in this male dominated world.

What shocks me most
In all of this is that
NO WOMAN OFFERED TO HELP ME
WHEN I WAS FORCED FROM MY BABY
BURNT FOR NOTHING MORE THAN GREED
ABUSED IN A WAY NO ONE SHOULD BE;
THEY STOOD BY THEIR MEN AND WATCHED
BUT WHAT COULD THEY DO!!!
THEY WERE ONLY WOMEN IN THIS MALE DOMINATED WORLD.