Diary of a Homemaker

Tired of all the household tasks

I tried writing something as a time pass

However ended up thinking a zillion other chores

That waited to be done even when it bores

I am the Mistress of our Abode

But doing chores is all I am available for

Knitting, Sewing, Gardening,

Cleaning, cooking, decorating

Which ones made my heart flutter

Now give me endless trouble

I have dreams and aspirations

Desires and Passions

Yet all of my time flies by

While cooking French fries

I wake up at the daybreak

And till midnight stay awake

But still feel 24 hours are less

As the chores don’t decrease nevertheless

I am the ‘jobless’ person

Doing forty jobs in a day

Not even a single penny paid

No better than a maid

I am given the sobriquet ‘Homemaker’

But lad, Euphemism doesn’t make it better

Still the one doing all the work,

Often thought to be a ‘free-loader’

I am no machine

But I work 24*7 for 365 days in a row

Without anyone to intervene

Without any promotion or opportunity to grow

The Pandemic didn’t help me either

Instead, it took my little moment of breather

As it made Stay and Work from Home the new norm

In turn making my responsibilities further swarm

Family time is supposed to heal

Weary, exhausted, worn-out souls

But it weakens me further

Gives me the additional job of a waiter

I swear I love my spouse to the moon

And my kids to the Andromeda galaxy

But every time they take me for granted

I wish to make them realize their impertinence

As my heart no longer stays enchanted

Alas, I can’t go my heart’s way

Simply have to hide my misery away

Coz I am the Homemaker

Whose life’s purpose is to be the family’s anchor

Being a Homemaker

Is no easy job, I tell you

Not a bed of roses

But a battle fought everyday

With tired spirit and fatigued muscles

With shattered dreams and no route to escape

Yet I am not complaining,

Not any more at least

All I want is a little break,

And some time to introspect

And a bit of Recognition

As a ‘Full time working person

without any circumscription’

As Salary is out of option .

By:

Ananya Mishra

Research Scholar