Week 7 -A little bit of poetry

I occasionally write a bit of poetry and so I thought it would be good to try and get one printed or published for one of my 50th things.
However, it occurred to me that publishing on a blog was actually quite a challenge for me in itself as I'm not historically very comfortable sharing what I've written!
So here we go; a poem from back in 2008, when all the kids were at home and life was quite frenetic and very different than it is now! Its title is 'unspoken' so it seems quite apt.

Unspoken

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman, or is it only me

that feels that there are just too many things,

that seem to go unspoken

Do people know what I'm really like, can they read my thoughts?

can they tell by looking what lurks inside

and see the things unspoken?

Oh I want to talk, I love to talk, that is not the problem

but the hurt, the pain and all the stress and tension,

that's what goes unspoken

Why is it me that never rests and always has to be there?

Why do I not get a day off from all that 'woman's' work

is it a rule unspoken?

Who said I should be the one who has to answer questions?

can someone else not make a decision just for once?

please change that rule unspoken!

If I ask a question am I prying- or just plain annoying?

am I nagging, interrogating and giving advice?

shall I keep my thoughts unspoken?

When everyone's left the dinner table and only I am
 left

who is going to clear the pots - well her of course

it's that other rule unspoken!

Is it only me who thinks such wretched things? am I really horrid?

Does everyone else accept this is their job?

it's the role unspoken

Should I try and make you understand - just where would I start?

I want to tell you how I feel, I think it would be good -

to share my life unspoken

But it's a really scary prospect to let you see inside

what if you don't understand or care, or worse reject me-

perhaps I'll stay unspoken

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman - it can't be only me

I struggle, I fail, I'm sure you do too

let's share our worlds unspoken?

Karen Sadler September 2008