Tavinder Kaur New

Your life must be easy peasy, lemon squeezy they say,

No responsibilities, no childcare to arrange, only the freedom to travel the world.

So, I do, but inside they cannot see the pain that I carry, the tears that I swallow each and every day.

Your life must be easy, with no sleepless nights; childbirth was a pain you never had, to have to take time off work, only freedom to do what you want to do.

So, I do, but inside they do not see the emptiness of my heart, that I did not choose to be here on this path to walk on that I was placed here.

Yes, my life must be easy. I reply, to see others get pregnant, give birth, and their children grow old while I tried, tried hard to become a mother, but did not get the same chance.

You are the lucky ones I feel you get to live your dream each and every day, while I had to adjust to mine and still live another life. You are the lucky ones I feel that I am not seen or acknowledged with this pain by others in the world, so I just carry on with this reality.

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