we are humans

You can't live without us 

But still you don't respect me.

Sometimes You blame us for the things 

we don't do and yet 

we care about you.

From the day

You were born

For some until then 

They end up their life.

You can't live without us,

We are the one who make 

your life peaceful.

Imagine a lonely day 

without us in your life.

We know you've paid 

enough for us 

But you don't realize,

we have sold our dreams 

houses to reach here.

There are some houses who treat us well, but most of them had made our Life as hell.

We work like machine,

No time to rest 

But you have never even

appreciate that.

No holidays or festival's

I can celebrate.

You all laugh on my innocence 

But think for once, you can't even tolerate what I've suffered here day by day.

You're houses are blessed with food that's why you don't know what starvation means.

Day by day you want us to work harder, and yet the he more We work the more you want.

The amount you spend in hours 

is our whole month salary,but you have you ever thought of increasing  our salaries. 

Not only us but there is one more, slave like us.. who is known as sayak (driver)

You shout at us when you hear 

your children cry,

But never thought of wiping

Off our tears, which fall every night.

You become sick if you have a headache,but if we're 

sick you never felt it that way. 

One thing you have 

always forgotten, 

We aren't robot but we're just a human being,even a robot's need to charge their batteries. 

We sleep when everyone in the house go to sleep,

But you allow us to sleep like the way the chicken sleep,

But we appreciate always what you have done for us.

If you hear my family member is sick,or passed  away you think it's a lie.because you think we're making an excuse to travel,we here to work and that what we do.

You insult me in front of a small child but most of the time I see them misbehaving with you. 

There are some people 

among you all 

Who still fear from God.

They treat us like a family,

But most of you don't care.

Your fridge's are full of food 

But for us it's like a locker. 

Because you always keep them lock.

Treat us good 

Thats what we want. 

Give us respect just 

as a  human being.

We are maids 

Not your property. 

We need a peaceful life too. 

We are here to work 

That's what we've come to do.

We don't complain 

Because no one's 

there to hear us say. 

That's why I thought of writing 

In my own word's this poem to you.

written by Shaheen Sayyed

shahin_sayyed@yahoo.com