They all woke up one fine morning
Most of them uncomfortable
Only the rare few feeling like it was any other day
Most of them woke up painfully bent to the left or the right
Out of Balance
The men and women wondered what had caused this
They rushed to the doctor for answers
Only to find the doctor perplexed
And painfully bent himself
Out of Balance
Desperate for answers they began to observe
The ones that still walked without a bent body
They saw a man fix lunch for the kids
They saw a woman working on home accounts
Both in Balance
They saw another folding the laundry
And another drying the clothes
A third person was applying for a promotion
A fourth homeschooling the kids
The Gender Didn’t Matter
It was time for self-reflection
It was time to fix the imbalance
It was time to work as a team
And through balance bring out the best in each other
Balance for Better
And as each one figured out the imbalance in their life
Slowly they straightened up and walked again without a bent
It wasn’t magical or mystical
It was a reality check
Everyone Needed to Balance
Genders need to be balanced
At the boardroom, in schools
In government and media
In sports and salaries
Balance for Better
But first
Gender needs to be balanced
Right here right now
At home
Correct that Balance Today