I am a girl, turning to a lady
Soon, I will be a blossomed daisy
I am a future wife and a future mother
I love to live life and I love to laugh
...
The pitty patter of toes in the mud
Gone now, replaced with a twisted cord
Oh! What struggles come with a forced bride?
Which no memory of it, an eraser can wipe
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Child molestation, what a dethronation
A brutal attack disrupting future formation
Deception, sexual abuse and intimidation
The perpetrators, wolves in sheep clothing
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A yesterday to remember
Living today as a defender
Against what we used to crave
Passions raging with the waves
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Away from world troubles, engulfed in your presence
All I want is the embrace of your essence
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Hello Readers, Good to have you here. Felix Ogechi is a degree holder from Houdegbe North American University Benin. She has a published poetry collection named Sashes and Smashes. She writes on stereotypes affecting the female gender, romance and other general themes applicable to life.)
Who Am I?
I am a girl, turning to a lady
Soon, I will be a blossomed daisy
I am a future wife and a future mother
I love to live life and I love to laugh
The Igbos like to call me 'Nwunye anyi'
Yorubas call me 'Iyawo wa'
Hausas call me 'Matamu'
Cross Riverians call me 'Uwanyin'
The rest call me our wife or anything life
I belong to no one yet I belong to all.
Without you there would be no us and there would be no need for a better world. Together, let's make planet earth a beautiful planet us.
Yesterday belongs to yesterday and tomorrow belongs to tomorrow but today belongs to you.
Love is the colour that lights up the world.
There is nothing as powerful as a woman's desire for her man. It is a state of emotion that defies definition and can only be manageably explained by the ones who have truly felt it.
A smile that warms the heart is from the heart.