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Illustration by Tan Mengin
I’m a woman
I’m a wife
I’m a mother
I’m a daughter
I’m a sister
I’m a teacher
I’m a student
I’m a nurse
I’m a manager
I’m a cook

I’m a cleaner
I’m a playmate
I’m a peacemaker
I’m everyone but me

Once the dancer
Once the singer
Once the dreamer
Once the crafter

Once the painter
Once the blogger
Once the bookworm
Once the woodworker
Once the scrapbooker
Once the cross-stitcher
Once the stamp collector
Once the sports enthusiast
Once larger than life, The
Now a begrudging adult.

Slowly, a paradigm shift.
Why this war within? War
My roles aren’t mutually exclusive!
So stay at peace voices of the heart
Just you try and stop me
For I have made my choice Within
To be everything I want to be
And much more
Written by Miss Vinodhini A/P Vennoo

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