Woman, <br />Ceaseless tenderness, beauty and grace <br />Is your name <br />The chaotic world is held firm and steady <br />In your affectionate brace <br /> <br />With an everlasting need to love and give <br />To those around you <br />You exert yourself each passing day <br />Thus you die and thus you live <br /> <br />In the face of indifference and hate <br />Your undiminished fervor <br />Makes its mark on unheeding souls <br />Always, perhaps sometimes a little late <br /> <br />In the role of a daughter, wife and mother <br />Men and children look up to you <br />For inspiration, devotion and nurturing <br />For a heart of radiance, as a mankind’s lover <br /> <br />Woman, <br />Untiring labor, patience and deprivation <br />Is your name <br />In this cold world you carry on <br />The burden of compassionate feminine tradition<br /><br />Madam Anonymous<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/woman-71/
