letters from jamaica [part deux]

from a poem she saw on a wall in - 

I am a deserving woman.

"I deserve better.  I deserve greater.  I deserve to set standards.

I deserve to have requirements.  I deserve to have goals.

I deserve to have aspirations.  I deserve to be earned.

I deserve to be pleased.  I deserve to be fulfilled.

I deserve to be loved.  I deserve to be cherished.

I deserve to be at peace.

I deserve to be restored.  I deserve to be renewed.

I deserve to be exalted.  I deserve to be uplifted.

I deserve to be called by my name, not out of my name.

I deserve to be respected, I deserve to be protected.

I deserve to feel special.  I deserve to be appreciated.

I deserve to be admired.

I deserve to be desired.  I deserve to be praised.

I deserve to be remembered.  I deserve to be seen as worthy.

Treat me as a Queen, because I deserve to be Me.

A woman who knows her value

Will always demand her worth..."