Saturday, January 29, 2011

Thinking of the Young Women in My Family

NOT JUST A WOMAN!

Easy when looking at each action,

One by one, task here, then there.

Just keep plugging along.

Simple enough to care for a small child,

More complicated when more than one.

Sleep when needed, often a luxury.

A house that doesn’t clean itself,

Week after week, so much the same,

Food that begs for a cook.

Spouses can help, Some do.

Others master the escape route,

Routes to the land of avoidance.

Work often becomes a disguised blessing,

Change from the routine,

Yet often mixed with stress.

Only a saint could bear the burden,

Someone with Ethiopian shoulders,

But none of this, a woman and then some!

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