Today, only wall sockets
are bold enough to stare back.
Faithful like peep holes who warn
of shadows, passing and still.
My strong thighs suggest –
you not trespass.
Savage with glossy lips to control the
pride. You think you do…I know.
I am the striding force
I am the knowing wink
My words escape, swiftly, empowered.
Like cracked up, jacked up clay, pulverized
into the pieces my mind envisions.
Draped in clarity, beneath these bars of
stinking flesh, I am neither one of
man or woman
Wisdom extended a womb, so heavy
it crushed my heart.
Cherubim with flaming swords on guard
against the naked returning into it.
Stronger than pulsating biceps,
Pulled taut and steamed by the
heat between strong thighs, I rise.
This day, I am the strength bearing
womb and the wounds.
Ama
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Ama Danesi is a Nigerian-born author, storyteller, and financial strategist — and a self-proclaimed witness to what’s possible when stubborn optimism is a core strategy. She holds an MBA in Financial Management and an M.A. in Humanities, and spent years in banking and management in corporate Nigeria and the U.S. before turning her attention to the stories we carry.
She is the author of PARE: 100 Reminders for the Unwavering Self; Artificially Flavored Layers, a collection of diaspora stories; and Mayen and the Unexpected Gift, her Amazon-bestselling debut children’s book and the heart of the Mayen Creative Series. Her books are available on Amazon, BN, IngramSpark, dormanes.com, and wherever books are sold.
Ama lives in beautiful, sunny California, where she enjoys her family, her life, and blogs right here at amadanesi.com.
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