DIGNITY

Grateful I am

‘Coz with dignity

I raise my children

So what

If my tummy rumbles with rage

And my legs wobble

When I stagger home

Grateful I am

‘Coz a job I have

So what

If lustful male gazes on the roads

And contemptuous female glances

 from the havens  

I have to ignore

Grateful I am

‘coz food on the table I can lay

And bills I can pay

So what if the fear

Of the morrow haunts

That with my limbs

My children too might fail me?

Grateful I am

‘Coz today I live in dignity