Opening the cupboard

Taking a peek inside

The finest plates of China

Property of groom and of bride

Taking plates out

Setting the table now

Knowing she could get out

But never knowing how

Here comes the husband!

Placing the food on his dish

She baked his favorite meal

Compliance with a side of fish

She’s staring out the window

The summer vast and wide

If she opened up the window

She could let the warmth inside

But here she is stagnant

In the ever cold winter

Hoping, dreaming, praying

But the frost has already bit her

“I love my husband

I love this life

Who would want more

Than to be a housewife?”

Yet she is holding onto dreams

She once had when she was young

Of traveling the world

Of basking in the sun

Now those dreams must be forgotten

And she tells herself then,

“Now enjoy today before it’s tomorrow

And you’ll be opening the cupboard again”