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Didn't it take two to make the baby? And so both must raise it equally. Why should she always be on call and he is, by and large, carefree!
Didn’t it take two to make the baby? And so both must raise it equally. Why should she always be on call and he is, by and large, carefree!
She gave birth to a child And a mother was born Or that’s what she believed Little did she know She had to be its everything ‘Father’ was just a title, you see
Wait, I’m being too harsh He plays with her everyday And babysits on occasion Surely those moments count When he takes some responsibility?
Hell no, it took two to make that baby! Both must raise it equally Why then should she always be on call While he is, by and large, carefree!
If only new moms got more support They’d be less prone to PPD
This poem was inspired by the following article: ‘Tired’ mom kills 2-month-old, dumps body in manhole
Picture credits: Still from Netflix movie Ghost Stories
Mahevash Shaikh is a millennial blogger, author, and poet who writes about mental health, culture, and society. She lives to question convention and redefine normal. read more...
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