POEM: WOMAN
CENTURIES COME AND GO
GENERATIONS COME AND GO
BUT YOU ARE STILL KNOWN AS A WOMAN
WOMEN YOU ARE THE BEAST OF BURDEN
YOU CARRY BILUM LOAD AFTER BILUM LOAD
YOU FETCH WATER BUCKETS ONE AFTER THE OTHER
YOU ARE ABUSED, BEATEN AND INSULTED
BUT YOU NEVER RETALIATE
YOUR HEART IS FULL OF LOVE FOR YOUR LITTLE ONES
YOU ARE THE EARLY MORNING BIRD
AND THE EVENING STAR
THE HOUSEHOLD MACHINE IS WHAT YOU ARE
WHO RESPECTS YOU?
YOUR MAN COMES HOME DRUNK AND CRAZY
DEMANDING FOR HIS NEEDS TO BE MET
YOU GIVE OUT LOVE NOT FEAR
FOR THAT WAS WHY YOU WERE CREATED
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