O Victim of Stagnant Times

(Revised and changed) O victim of time's rage, Of today's ill times and age, Victim of nurtured false image! O ye much-eulogized Goddess, Deemed powerful and loving no less, Few care if ye do or not bless. If ladles and the like ye wield, Home-making thrusted as your field, Ye know, as field it fails to yield. What power can wield your pots and pans? Still, ye wield ah what techno yen! In varied fields ye vie with ken. And yet, nor are ye much empowered, Nor yet with due fair respect heard, Society hast your equity soured. With a million things to meddle, Tireless upon a sad saddle, With what vigour ye still juggle. O ye Home-maker so handsome, Look at still your hubby’s ho-hum: He says: she! She just stays at home! ________________________________ This ode addresses the plight of women at large as so-called home-makers. The last line highlights this. A man, when asked as to what his wife was doing, says, 'she just stays at home! Alas, times change and still stay stagnant! Ode | 19.12.2019 |