The Inescapable Cycle of Womanhood



Women are expected to be mothers
Making suppers, tucking covers
And when they’re not they’re shamed.

The stay at home mums who sacrificed their life
Finally realise time has not been nice
So years and years of suppressing their resentment
Manifests itself with not much contentment
"I am living my life through you" she said.

Now I know she just was expressing her thoughts
But it made me full of such deep remorse
Meaning those words spoken that night
Could somehow in my brain ignite
A feeling of true and utter guilt
Yet somehow make me want to build

Cycles of women will not end due to my chastity
So becoming a mother will be my reality
As I can't deal with their look of disappointment
When they find out I don't want to be extorted
So i’ll blame my daughter causing my decline
But hope she doesn't continue our line

About this poem

This is a poem about motherhood, and ow from a young age I've always been pressured to have children, and subsequently leave their work. My mother did it. She hated it. I won't.

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Submitted by Aurelianova on June 15, 2022

Modified by Aurelianova on June 15, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAX XXBBX XXCCXX DDBXEE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 838
Words 163
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 5, 6, 6

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  • WhyCantIUseMyOwnName
    Sounds like this woman is thinking she lives in a past century. I am quite old, myself, yet do not relate to "being pressured" to be a mother. Women were already making great strides in many fields of endeavor while I was young. I am a mother, but that is because I wanted to get married, I wanted to have children, and I enjoyed being a mother rather than hating it. 
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • teril
    Wow! What a well-done exploration of a personal yet cultural challenge. I hope you keep this topic laced with questions.
    LikeReply1 year ago

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