Where are they?

They disappeared in a broader picture

Denied access to

Think of the first wave,

The right to vote

The suffrage?

Think of the second wave,

Equality?

In the midst of patriarchy

Take up her pen in defence of her sex

 

Think of the third wave

Served to hinder the repeated occurrence

Of the second wave

South Africa

Where are they?

Piles and piles of history,

Not one mention of you

You, the one who made you.

For nine months she carried you

He never carried you

The struggle never raised a son and a daughter

 

Where are they?

In the struggle they remained

They are also in the struggle to be named

I was never told of Steve Biko’s mother

Nor her wife or daughter

We know who his side kick was Right?

Who made him be the man he was?

Where are the women in our struggle?

I searched and searched

There is not one

Patriarchy.