From My Womb, I Gave Birth to a Man

Author: Sarah Ali

From my womb, I gave birth to a man.
I did not write this book to attack a man,
nor to condemn a gender,
but to present the truth to those who have forgotten it.
This book does not ask:
Why did the woman get angry?
Instead, it asks: Who are you without her?
From a woman's womb you were born,
on a woman's shoulder you grew up,
and with a woman's patience, you became what you call manhood.
So how did you break her?
And how did you seek refuge in the name of manhood
when you were not a man except through her?
From my womb, I gave birth to a man –
not a claim, but a truth.
If this book angers you,
it offers no apology.
And if it awakens you…
perhaps the man in you was born late.