When a successful boss lady you visualize
The image that probably appears before your eyes
Is that of a woman CEO in a power suit and designer shoes
Someone who has the financial freedom to choose
The lifestyle she wants, the objects she desires
Someone ambitious, to break the glass ceiling who aspires
Someone who can stand all alone, tall and straight
Someone who can a life on her own terms create
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Such women are few, and increasingly visible these days
But women can be boss ladies in many different ways
A middle-aged lady working as a domestic servant
Who is strong-willed, hard-working, and independent
Who takes on the world all alone to protect her family
Is as much a boss lady as the woman CEO, according to me…
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A woman who has many storms weathered
Someone who was expected as a child bride to stay tethered
To an older, alcoholic husband, who subjected her to violence
Despite facing physical abuse, poverty, hunger intense
She has worked long hours to provide for her family
Despite her meager means, she has never accepted charity
She has ensured education for her children despite
Being barely literate, she has had to fight
A patriarchal system rigged against her in every way
But she works with exemplary dignity and self-respect every day
Self-preservation is an art that she has perfected
She has built a life much better than one would have expected..
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Both are women of indomitable spirit indeed
May each one in her journey succeed!
Passion...unbridled 