Motherlands
Ebook
How can I point out all the rules she placed, when the burden of culture is a mother's weight?
If I cross a line, we all know which parent is to blame,
How could I compare her to sitcom moms who have it all?
When our society sets women up to fail and to fall?
When I separate my mother from motherhood, I feel her pain,
Of all the sacrifices made only to have it thrown back into your face,
I'm being cruel I know, I need to learn to let go,
The standards that aren't fair, of a fantasy impossible for any woman to achieve,
I am trying to let her in, to feel close to me now,
To meet in a halfway place between our worlds.
- Title: Motherlands
- Author: Vareesha Khan
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385221981, 9798385221974, 9798385221967
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385221981
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-05T20:39:00Z
Vareesha Khan is a multi-media storyteller working as an art director in advertising. Karachi-born, she moved at a young age to the United States and Canada. She blends a variety of media to create meaningful experiences, rallying people around the idea that human connection is the foundation for a better world. In addition to her written work, she performs poetry in Chicago and pursues photography and fine arts in her free time.