I wish a mother
taught us right
To NOT
sacrifice, but fight
To help
others, yes,
But not be
selfless.
To keep the
peace
To NOT carve
herself piece by piece
Guilt she
inspires in women
False
expectations in her family, her son
I wish she
had not.
I wish she
had fought.
I wish she
had not people managed
When fathers
stupidly ranted and raged,
Each time
she ate what was left over,
Each time
she pleased the other.
Is this the
legacy that she wants us to emulate
This
constant need to self-deprecate?
I want to
scream, NO LONGER PLEASE.
You have a
right to just be.
You have a headache,
for God’s sake retire
You don’t
want to cook, let others light the fire,
You are NOT
the clean-up crew, others are there too,
Instead of
jumping high, raise the bar for the family, do.
You DO NOT,
SHOULD NOT come last,
I do NOT
want to be in your this dye cast.
And those
who blindly take and take,
Fathers,
parents, children, Grow up for Pity’s sake!
- - Written on 6 April 2015
- - In response to the UMPTEENTH Stupid forward on
the Greatness of the All-Sacrificing Mother. She is someone I NEVER WANT TO BE
and actually do not even respect as much.
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If the stupid father ranted, she should have
brought him down instead of massaging his ego and keeping quiet, if the kid
wanted extra classes, why did ONLY the mother have to sacrifice to get him/her
the same, why was the food she ate AFTER everyone had eaten MORE than their
fill, instead of ensuring that ALL sacrificed? Are these the lessons she should
teach, one pays the price that ALL may prosper? I would so rather not have that
selfish prosperity built on one person’s exploitation. And this systemic
victimisation is revered, not reviled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- You know what, my mother DID NOT COOK when she
did not feel like it. She did NOT cajole us, anyone of us, when we were being unreasonable,
she did not let us win just because, she did not let us eat that extra dosa
when there was a limited supply, she let us make mistakes AND PAY for them, and HER I respect. I would far rather have a friend, a human, a mother in my life than some Martyr!!!!!!!!!!!
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