Faces that are not mine

Entering the house

I could hear it all

The NOISE

The CLATTER

The NEEDS

The WANTS

I see it all

Children stacked to every corner

Playing

Eating

Jumping

Demanding

I have to provide for all

I am not self-centred

I am not selfish

I am kind

I am family

I do not have a separate unit of my own

Your decisions have become my obligations

Your children have become my affliction

Your mere existence have become my burden

Forced to be part of a decision making

That is not mine

With regards to

Faces that are not mine

Family obligations

– ‘AEK