Children would suffer

To work with a man,
An elephant must be tamed.
An empowered elephant
Will desert him and go away.

Over centuries,
Women have been tamed by men.
An empowered woman
Cannot cling to a man.

Both mahout and man
Can’t afford to devote to them.
A vine finds secure
In being supple to cling.

Unless a woman
Clings to her husband for ever
And unless man makes
Sacrifices, children would suffer.
23.05.2009

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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