UNAPPRECIATED

She's last to rest, 

She's first to rise, 

Breakfast is fixed, 

Children are set. 

 

She ensures everyone is set, 

Taken their portion and ready for the day, 

Kids are taken to school timely, 

She's back and her day just begins. 

 

She cleans your home carefully, 

Singing along she does the laundry, 

The flowers are watered perfectly,

Rabbits and chicken are fed fully. 

 

You are back home and dinner is ready, 

Kids have been showered and everything is in order, 

You take your dinner, give strict instructions and head to bed, 

She can't comment or ask any question and lo, she's left alone. 

 

Did you enquire from her about her day? 

She wished to have a talk but like any other day, you weren't in moods, 

Her mother is sick and admitted and she's worried about it, 

You haven't paid her full two months salary and she's badly in need. 

 

The family is calling and the bill is pilling, 

She's the only one working in her family, 

Their rich dad passed away some years ago, 

Relatives grabbed their property and chased them away. 

 

She's diligent in her work, 

Organised and very responsible, 

Loves the kids and they love her back, 

Sunday school taught her to respect her master. 

 

She's not allowed to dine with your family, 

Neither can she partake from the same pot, 

You over work and under feed her, 

Your kids secretly wish you treated their aunty better. 

 

Her pillow is ever wet with tears, 

She's cried to God to intervene her situation, 

She's prayed to God for your family, 

She's believed that one day things will change. 

 

She's your domestic manager, 

Custodian of your children, 

She cooks your food and cleans your house,  

Doesn't she deserved better than you give?😞

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Lizz Bettie. 7.01.2017