Email Poem

Your IP Address: 3.133.79.185
Your Email Address:
To Email Address:
Subject
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
On a never lonely street was  where I grew up
There  we played from morning  till dusk
 Then we woke up neat and  free, but back home laced with dust
Slightly dirtier than those lazy ducks
Our poor parents would never return early, that was our only luck

I was sixteen amongst my peers average of eighteen
Though bigger than my age yet my beauty was a big deal
Loved by my parents and my kin, forget the fact that I was slim
I was the joy and a consolation of my poor parents it seemed 

Back in school I wasn't the best in my class
But you can tell I was treated with care more than a glass
All the boys would beg to help cut my portion of grass
I got the warmest care even from those considered razz
Maybe not in flying colours, but my college exams I passed


Big dream bloomed in my head and sparkled in my mind
To leave the village and gain more education was the life
I never knew how it would play out but I believed 
My eyes on some fine boys , yes but I wasn't ready to play
If only Chief would fulfill his promise, I'd be glad


Luck came my way and Chief came through
Fulfilled his promise and ferry me to my dream land
The gifts and surplus moneys was enough to let my parents loose grip
I got a ticket to visit the future
Promises made and promises fulfilled
But I was the one in the dark
Poor me, I was ignorant, naive but innocent


Like a nut placed on the stone while  await  it's unseen shot
Like a coconut plucked ready to be cracked
I was, yes like a green fruit pinched and the sour juice dripped
I was sold to a rich man old enough to birth me 


Dreams of schooling faded like the dews at the sight of sun
Those feelings of fulfilment was drier than hays 
I was washed off the coast to the seas of no return
Little did I know that the tsunami is still to strike
Now I live to fulfil obligations

Placed  in the house of many rooms
Caged in the space of tall brick walls 
No more advice but orders 
My bride price was paid unceremoniously
Fed to grow in size and choke in mind
The ambience bred  a toxic me
Wonder how sour my blood would taste
But who cares if the fish cries in the ocean

Torn in between my legs
I swear a hole was bored 
Every moment seem like a new drilling 
Of course the blood and tears was the reward
My ribs beg to crack
My pelvis tremble every night
 My eyes socket have a hollow
For once I envy those that cry on the street 
For I cry where no one could hear nor listen

I am now a forced  woman not  in age but size
The makeup could help lift my sagging face
But won't make up for the lost happiness within
Laced in the robes of fortune but I walk naked within
Adorn with jewelries from the Caribbeans But the ears still lifts the rabbits from the cage
And the chain still ties the dog to the same cage

The money hasn't only taken me away from home
It has taken home  away from me
My hope, my dream and my life now a daydream
If only it could leave me with my voice
But here I am mouth-sealed with a noble notes called money
But my tears plead for freedom. 
But who would wrestle the prey from the lion's jaws



#No to domestic violence
#No to rape
#No to child marriage
#No to betrothing 
#No to child trafficking
#No to girls trafficking


Oloye Olufemi Adewumi
*CONCEPTUAL FM. ???*
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required