Poet-Today | Yakori Bint Muhammed | Her Blossom
Her Blossom
I am a puppet on society's stage
An act audiences anticipate of me
Like a chiseler
I am carved into me by earthy guardians
To tread a path that sheaths my bloom
My youth heralds a wish
Manifesting yesteryears prayers of theirs
Bedecked at home like a porcelain ware
With beautified cracks that equal my endurance
Guided by patriarchs and matriarchs
I am designed with an interface like a mobile
device
To implement functions that wrench my framework
My inbuilt features by default is asleep
Activation I try not for I am meant to obey
Revolting reduces my esteem to ashes
Erupt I dare not
Questions nor answers I dare not comb
Within threads of my soul
Tangled into weaves that wish to be loosened
My fate is written by my kinfolk
I am a female
An utterance that gazes me
A sonorous term I grew up to
Her tone cold like harmattan's brew
Wrinkling a path I need to embark on
I am a female I am told
A mother meant to cradle
Yet this mother that craves an embrace
For her cot is bereft of breathe
My prime a journey on cactus
Prickling my essence bare of vitality
Time blossoms through seasons
Dishing residues of my being on a platter
Wearied by salty droplets upon my face
I stand aright to dig my core from bigotry
A promise to welcome my senescent years with
rosiness
Smile adorns my face
Luring nature to spur my consciousness
As awareness cuddles my roots
I spasm to the force I am created of
In solitude like the desert rose
I glimpse latent aptitudes of mine
As I channel through a gratifying journey
My recompense lies in unearthing me
For I am a multifaceted specie
I rebel to live for me
Without me there's no you in me
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Yakori bint Muhammed is a graduate of IT but
an art enthusiast. Words fascinates her and poetry is what she knows how to do
best. She enjoys penning reflections and quotes. A nature and animal lover, she
is a member of the Abuja Writers’ Forum (AWF).
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