Best Poems Written by Njideka Ikerionwu

This Woman I Am

THIS WOMAN I AM
WRITTEN BY NJIDEKA 
IKERIONWU

This woman I am 
 Stops me at’imes
It crooks my cruises 
And storms my sails  
Cuts my journeys short 
And cows my instincts
Shrinks my time at 
library
It edits my vocabularies

Most times
It dumbs my mouth 
And numbs my nerves
Subdues actions inside 
me 
Just to evade that 
question
That shy’s and freezes 
my actions
Don’t you know you are 
woman? 

Yet I want to come and 
come back again 
As the woman I am
Being under
Savouring the joys of 
womanhood
Always happening 
inside me 
The sweetness of 
receiving ends
Enjoying the sucks of 
my babies
Cite me right in this 
verse 
A bit shy now
This woman I am

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