Amish Women Poem by Randy McClave

She wears her dress below her knees
So, that she will not be seen as a tease,
She wears her bonnet to cover her head
So, that she doesn't bring God any dread,
She cooks and she cleans and she sews as well
But, she can't hold an outside job or she will go to hell,
To her husbands wants and needs she must always submit
And to all of his beliefs, she must also commit,
She maintains the garden and her families general welfare
Even in her sickness and sadness, and also despair,
Her husband will aways reign at the head of their table
To have more or any freedom she is not allowed or able,
She is also required to have multiple children for the farm
Now when it comes to chores, there is another arm,
Her life and her living it has already been written
With only one love is she ever permitted to be smitten,
I wonder though if she was allowed to make just one wish
And if so, would it be that she wasn't born Amish.

Randy L. McClave