So this back ache I am to nurse,
Till I leave this household
Which I Sure wont miss a bit,
My betrothed shall rescue me
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Womanity has had more than its fair share of 'burdens'. This poem captures that and more. Its difficult to say why things are as they are. And when young girls run away from home into the calloused hands of their lovers, they do not even once notice that the only thing that changes is the 'stream'. Ati wait for the sun to go to bed and you go make more babies? If thats what women would have done if they were 'a boy', dont you think there is a good reason why they are not?
if mimi wore pants, sh'd definitely reason and think that way karani. i love your poem titled 'for me and my house' by the way. good stuff!