The Girl In The Box

For centuries women have been put into this box of what they're  supposed to be

 and how they're supposed to act.

For years we’ve been kicking and trying to break out.

Sometimes we crack the box and are able to breath without the feeling of suffocation  

but it’s never enough.

It will never be enough until that box is shattered 

nothing more than forgotten shards on the ground 

that can never be resurrected 

But I guess we are meant to be trapped and looked at for the male gaze 

for not even statues of women can escape this fate.

As I’m staring at this statue I wonder if Richard McDermott Miller,

her creator,

Would be angry at me for being angry

To be fair at the time that this statue was created women were like art pieces

 not in the looking like masterpieces way

 but in the way that art is meant to be viewed for people's pleasure 

And  meant to be silent and never speak a word. 

At least he was kind enough to give her a name: Sandy.

Though he gave Sandy a name he wasn’t  kind enough to give her clothes 

keeping her exposed to anybody that walks by her 

She has no privacy

And no voice 

Sandy will never escape 

Just like women

Who will never escape this box.