A wonderful poem dedicated to all women

'WCW' by Maryam Atoyebi

Wherever you belong…..

You’re not the girl with long hair, oval eyes, luscious lips and perfect teeth.

You don’t look like  the girl on the magazine cover or runway,

Hell, you might even be straighter than an arrow.

But you’re the most beautiful.

The way you love hard, laugh with abandon, push your glasses back to your face, wipe the sweat off your forehead, the way that crown dances on your head.

Sure, you’re a queen,

Of hearts, of love, freedom, beauty, wisdom.

Your huge heart is large enough to hug all the children of the world.

you refuse to be undermined and wield your sword in the  fight for truth.

My heart rejoices at the sight of you, mother of the next world,

At how you speak like the ancient beings that tilled the first world,

At your innocent honesty and unwavering patience,

Your quick, fierce anger and usual bubble of happiness.

Your thirst for knowledge and change.

Your knees graze the floor in worship, yet your feet is the door to heaven.

Heaven can only be with you in it.

Maryam Atoyebi is an elliptic Yoruba woman. She loves travelling, arts and she eats her Chicken sharwama in flat plate. She blogs at queenontheroad.wordpress.com and follow her on Instagram @malikah_maryam

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