His Significance!

In my defense, I was trying.
In this life, I developed ideals.
Things that I truly believed in.
Then I realized, this is not what
I want to leave as an example.
Not only for my children but also
For upcoming men and women.

I remembered when laws made
Was to protect women from
Being abused or used as property.
So how could I, by my tolerance,
Cause them to want to do as I did?
Still I placed the hope of a nation.
The fate of other women, in the hands
Of another, who may or may not realize it.

Oh weak fearful heart of mine.
Wish, he realizes his importance.
This is not only about his son.
It is about the future of women.
As the world come to know who
And what I genuinely am, he was given,
An influential role in the history of man.

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