Really?...feeling more than a little judged...

Really?

this
stance ?
you take
i can't have
and form
a reasonable
scientific opinion
because it
differs from the
norm
i am disallowed
my right
to hold
convictions
tight

it's water
and no
i won't go on pretending it's
anything more

shall i create
alternate selves
and hide
behind
wide curtains
to not offend
you

my beliefs
based on
fact
because I'm a feminist
i have to believe
what you
believe?
and to not...makes you
mad
offensive
defensive
sad
for me?
Don't be.
Thank
you

Belief
in these
pills
something
that can't
in any
current
scientific
realm be proven

these facts
i know
it's what i require

and somehow
that will never be enough
to satisfy
you

so
know that
i will be true to
me

i will hold tight the knowledge
which is supported by fact
and NOT
sit idly by and
let people tell me to be quiet.

Hypocritical
it would be
of me
to sit aside and pretend
i don't feel so strongly
that it's wrong to promote
the unproven

i preach without a doubt
the scientific evidence
to which supports the very
claim
that normal birth
without intervention
is the best choice
for the normal
average
empowered
woman!

how could i sit beside
a woman
and suggest her to labour
without medication
because that's what science
says is best
conversely then prop up
some alternative medicine
unproven and say it's
OK?

rather,
i promote to women
to men i know
through
mass social media
to dig further into research
the claims given by those
whose facts aren't driven
by method scientific
i chose
to support
in
birth