Dear Housekeeper

erstwhile, men tagged women “guards,”
guards of wards, good guards of hope,
guards of pain, good guards of shame,
hushed loudly mothers’ voices.

manipulation of cards
was used, hence, guilt-tripping; nope?
what name does one call an aim
where others couldn’t make choices?

subtle emancipation
from mental slavery may make
men and women find answers
that society wants, needs.

words, actions are donations,
everyone should bear their deeds.

Tomide Abdul