Help Women’s Web map the growth of women entrepreneurs in India – take this quick survey! (You could be one of 5 lucky participants to get featured on site too).
Get Women’s Web right on your Whatsapp – sign up using this link today! 5 lucky winners who sign up before 25th April will receive a gift voucher from Women’s Web.
The work of homemakers is often invisible, undervalued, and taken for granted. Maybe this should be changing going forward?
Hey! You… The lady with the most unkempt hair, Did you just brush off layers from those medallions up there? I’m talking to you…. My lady…with the most unkempt hair. Can you put aside your ladle for a little while, and lend me an ear.. A stolen moment… What? Don’t tell me now that the maid is already there! I hope you read through your citations too! How long have they been up there? I guess, a year or two… Fifteen years! Is that what you said? Oh, yes! I do hear the doorbell ring But I need to know how a dancer clipped her wings? Let the boss’s mail rest in the box a while And put aside your chat box, It’s only vile. You can let the curry be Just sit down and answer me… Oh! The grocery can do alright But those honours up there…hope they’re within your sight. Even if you didn’t do the laundry I’d know you care… O my beautiful one with the most unkempt hair. . Believe me, I know the bills must be paid Home work finished and dinners made. I know the piles of those office files and phone bells and lullabies… Those prizes will gather some dust again, But before you mop your laurels up there Be sure you know, what’s tougher dear, To win a dime or wipe off the grime. Don’t turn off the lights, Lend me an ear… O lady with the most unkempt hair!
Published here earlier.
Image source: wikicommons
A freelancer and teacher at heart, I believe in all bulldozer movements for a better
Good one! I like this poem!
Get our weekly mailer and never miss out on the best reads by and about women!