Eliza Segiet, POLAND

REALNESS

To be like until now?

For what?

It is worth experiencing life more fully.

Discovery of talent within oneself -

the beginning of creativity.

Not quantity, but quality

guarantee the joy of existence.

Radium and polonium

she discovered -

a wife, mother,

a woman with imagination.

It is not a delusion, but realness.

Not mannequins and robots,

but the mind allows

to build the world.

VOICE

She did not want to be invisible,

considered the weaker one.

She decided to be creative.

She began to fight

for her freedom and independence.

When she came

out of her supposedly safe world,

she saw the wrongs that are happening around.

She could think,

she distinguished good from evil.

Now she is fighting for peace, equality and love.

She ceased to be just a wife and a mother.

She is a woman

who regained her surname

and with it shows to the world

that a wardrobe full of shoes and skirts

is not an obstacle

- to have a voice.

MYTH

There is no longer a myth

that a woman is home, family

and dependence on husband’s power.

There is no longer a myth

that the latter are better,

that they can do more.

The former can also

make dreams come true.

There is no longer a myth

that her place is the underground.

Women and men

are People

with free will,

with the right to decide.

(The above poems originally in the Polish language, have been translated by Artur Komoter)

Eliza Segiet graduated with a Master's Degree in Philosophy and completed her postgraduate studies in Cultural Knowledge, Philosophy, Arts and Literature at Jagiellonian University, Poland. Her poem Questions won the title of the International Publication of the Year (2017) in Spillwords Press. Her poem Sea of Mists won the title of the International Publication of the Year (2018) in Spillwords Press. Eliza's works can be found in anthologies and literary magazines worldwide.

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Women, Power & Creativity :: Setu, March 2019