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THE PRESSURE ON HER HEAD
<p><br/></p><p>She wakes before the sun</p><p>The world expects mountains from her shoulders</p><p>The world expects mountains from her shoulders</p><p><br/></p><p>Aristotle said, “The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”</p><p>Yet hers spills into meetings</p><p>Deadlines</p><p>Chores</p><p>Whispers of judgment</p><p>She carries it all</p><p>She carries it all</p><p><br/></p><p>He asks for patience</p><p>Love</p><p>Attention</p><p>And she gives</p><p>And she bends</p><p>And sometimes she feels she gives too much</p><p>She bends</p><p>She bends</p><p><br/></p><p>Parents watch</p><p>In-laws wait</p><p>The house sighs under their eyes</p><p>Storms roar in her head</p><p>Roots dig into her chest</p><p>Storms roar in her head</p><p>Storms roar in her head</p><p><br/></p><p>Seneca said, “It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste much of it.”</p><p>She wastes none</p><p>Every meal cooked</p><p>Every email sent</p><p>Every bedtime story read</p><p>She carries it all</p><p>She carries it all</p><p><br/></p><p>She is bamboo in the storm</p><p>Bends</p><p>Sways</p><p>Absorbs</p><p>Carries children</p><p>Deadlines</p><p>Expectations</p><p>And still reaches for the sun</p><p>And still reaches for the sun</p><p><br/></p><p>Plato said, “The beginning is the most important part of the work.”</p><p>Every day she begins again</p><p>Every breath a rebellion</p><p>Every breath a rebellion</p><p><br/></p><p>Pressure rains</p><p>Expectation burns</p><p>Husband asks</p><p>Family watches</p><p>The office waits</p><p>Society judges</p><p>Pressure rains</p><p>Pressure rains</p><p><br/></p><p>She bends</p><p>She sways</p><p>She survives</p><p>She blooms</p><p>She bends</p><p>She</p><p> blooms</p><p><br/></p><p>And the world whispers</p><p>She answers</p><p>She answers</p><p>She answers</p><p><br/></p>
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