Women’s Day has come and gone
The flowers are wilting on the table
The gifts are unopened
Theres a certain fatigue that’s hanging around us
Another year has come and gone
And nothing much has changed
We still wake up everyday
And fight our fight in a man’s world
The pay is not equal
The work isn’t structured for a woman
We are expected to wake up to the 5am Club
But at 5am all we are barely managing is
A shower, breakfast for the family
Lunch for kids and partner
Clean counters for the rest of the day
Mopped, dusted, washed and dried
Every single aspect of housekeeping is done
Then charge to the office and try and “Fit In”
“Lean In”, “Push On”, “Roll In”, “Chin Up”, Muscle Up”,
“Charge On”, “Go The Mile”, “Kick Ass”, “Circle Back”,
“Sweat It”, “Grind It”, “Shake On It”
And finally just kick those shoes off and fall exhausted into your bed
What’s really changed?
Yes we vote now
Yes we work now
Yes we have bank accounts and can buy that piece of property
Yes we have fought hard and we have made strides
But how far have we cone
Have we really levelled up?
Are we getting our dues?
If we ask, we are too demanding
If we keep quiet we are sacrificing
One more Women’s Day has come and gone and all we are doing is waking up the next day, toiling in front of the hot stove, readying to go back to the same fight we fought yesterday, the day before and the years before that! And this will go on till we die!
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