INDEPENDENCE FROM A VAGINAL CANAL

A woman should know who she is and what she wants and must not be ashamed of either of those things.

Independent women are not swayed by the opinions of society. 

THE ENTRAPMENT

What do you do when you're trapped; physically, socially, mentally and emotionally? 

PURE, UNADULTERATED LOVE

You will never be able to comprehend the hold that you have on my heart.

You have always recognised my potential for the future, even from the very start.

Your eyes mirror my dreams, my nightmares; they pour tears for my failures and they are shiny with mist for my victories.

A VALEDICTION TO A LIFE OF BEAUTY

We often take beautiful smiles, handsome faces and hearty conversations for granted.
We eat, drink, dance, gossip; eat, drink, dance and gossip some more...

Your smile was, indeed, beautiful.

DEATH SONG

Your lips are blue, almost black, and swollen with yellowish cracks carved into them.
Your cheeks are scorched, deflated tennis balls.
Your stomach is painfully-puffed up, in sharp, awkward contrast to your bony, mutilated, fragile frame.

A VALEDICTION TO CHILDHOOD - CITI@10 POEM

At the point of your conception, we weren’t quite sure how we’d go about raising you...

We weren’t even certain if we’d be able to provide for you, to give you the kind of life that every beautiful, precious child of the Citi deserves…

And we had no idea if you’d live beyond your first year; because that’s what they said:

They said that you might be stillborn and that at best you’d be a weak baby, gasping for air in a cold incubator that would be your life support,