Some Women

some women... their son is all they have their limbs to climb the world mengmu moved house three times to make sure son mencius would keep good company he grew up to be china's great philosopher some women... sacrificed their own dreams in the name of filial piety so that brothers could go to college some women... they braved the battlefields to fight as men so that their aged father could be safe at home some women... spend every cent on a facade so that they could walk like angels and keep their worth above the world some women... sell themselves for anything blood, body, spirit and soul so that they could buy three meals for their family some women... seal their heart to marry the men they do not love or barely know so that their father's dream would come true some women... they look no further than the lining of the wallets when it comes to taking proposals some women.... threw their brothers' shoes back at them to wash themselves to make it clear they do not wish to be trumpled on all their lives some women they fight for their kind single mindedly so that they could be free as a bird fly where they would like live where they wish and achieve the dreams they harbour which all this while have been buried in the name of men willingly, unwillingly