Take up every man’s burden
To protect and lead
Go send your sons into masculinity
To be stoic and unfeeling
To wait in unemotion
And be shamed into weakness
If pain is showed,
Half-woman and half-fragile
Take up every man’s burden
To be strong beyond compare
Never small nor delicate
And never revealing more
Take up every man’s burden
To live up to expectations
“Be a doctor” said to the nurse
“Parents have a hard time” said to the teacher
Take up every man’s burden
To never feel and never show
Take up the woman’s burden
To supress and to be silent
To cover up and cover mouths
Take up the woman’s burden
To stay at home and raise the kids
In face of opposition,
Lest she chooses her career over children
Take up the woman’s burden
To fight for authority and to fight for a voice
To be taken seriously
In careers where men are “more-suited”
When asked when she will have a child
For hiring purposes
Take up the burden faced by all
With gender roles and expectations
For no one is left unaffected.
Veni Vidi Amavi 
I really like how you focus on multiple groups of people and the burdens that each face! I feel like this post can be related well to Things Fall Apart, as well as our modern society. Well done!
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PREACH!!!!!! This was so beautifully written, and I love how perfectly it ties into “Things Fall Apart”. I also love how you followed the structure of the original poem, but changed it so you could address multiple different issues under the same topic. Great job!
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I love how thorough you are in addressing all of the stakeholders within gender roles. I do have to say, I love those sushi rolls!
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