Categories: uncategorized
Date: 22 October 2010 17:29:23
I am late or post modern,
Depending on your definition
My life extends
Beyond time and space.
I am a cleaner,
I am a student,
I am a teacher,
I am a daughter,
I am a lover,
I am a mother,
I am a volunteer,
I am a preacher -
Well in training,
I am a blogger
I am an organiser
I am a product
Of the pick 'n' mix society.
But hang on
Just one moment
I want to look back
A generation or two
To test this hypothesis
You quote
Which argues my fragmented life
Is a product of my time.
My mother was a daughter,
A mother and a sister,
She was a teacher,
A student,
An activist,
A volunteer,
A reader.....
And so much more besides.
My paternal grandmother,
Was a mother
a housewife,
But also an aunt,
A sister,
A carer,
A volunteer,
A letter writer,
A walker
And in the evenings, sometimes, just for fun
A student aswell.
Perhaps where all these roles collide
We should stop blaming
This current time and place
But rather acknowledge
The diversity of our lives
Is simply being woman
Simply being man
Simply being human.