Dying womanhood

A woman clings to her husband,
Worthwhile or otherwise,
Repelling everyman who advances
And everyman she is drawn to
And dies with the fall of her husband,
With child bearing and the child rearing
in between,
with the fullest subordination.
Womanhood suffers from wifehood.
04.05.2003

poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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