Husbands Are In Heaven Whose Wives Scold Not

So much emphasis is placed today on the role of the wife She is to be pure, pristine, just, hardworking She is to imbibe all who surround her with faith She needs to be able to know everything without ever asking She is to be the woman behind her husband The one who would make of him a gem To be a wife, is surely a complicated state Acted out badly, one can even be a contraband! But what of the duties of a man, Is he as important as the woman To be a husband requires one only to work and bring money To care not whether the home is, without him, in harmony Husbands are in heaven whose wives scold not Husbands have rights, rights to use words of spite Rights to beat, rights to abuse Rights even to cheat, to hurt and bruise When the woman speaks out, or scolds such a man She becomes something seen by some as a legend Seen by others as un-womanly Whatever, she knows how to protect herself through her duty What of those men whose wives scold not Should they be brought back to the pot To be cooked and simmered To be brought to the right path Feminists, equal rights, equal opportunities Women's places no more being in the kitchen Husbands, change your mentalities We, women, we are frail and easily broken!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Oyewole Avatar
March 4, 2014 at 4:19 PM
Great write dear! Congrats on your fine win!!!
Harper Avatar
March 2, 2014 at 7:52 PM
Excellent advice for husbands, Anoucheka, lovely poem, congrats
Onclaud Avatar
March 2, 2014 at 1:04 PM
well done, A.. congrats!
Gildersleeve Avatar
March 2, 2014 at 9:49 AM
Congratulations on your fine win. Nicely expressed - Connie
Kayode Avatar
March 2, 2014 at 4:55 AM
Congrats on the win Anoucheka . No doubt, a great one is this. You are a Champion.
Mehta Avatar
March 2, 2014 at 3:58 AM
Thanks for supporting my contest and congrats on the fine win, anoucheka
Brown Avatar
February 5, 2014 at 3:43 PM
wow! I started out believing this was just light spirited and would be a fun write but as I see sometimes things touch deep within our hearts. I pray that whom ever this poem is referring to will find peace in there heart! it is never God's desire for a man or woman to be abused either by words or hands. Husbands should never have "rights" to hurt their wife in any form. God's desire for the man is as the woman, to love one another. Good write, point made! Many blessings to you, Stacey
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