'I speak to you black goddess' by Magnus Nwagu Amudi

I speak to you black goddess

You beautiful daughter of mamiwater

Filled with sweet interior, like coconut water

A tantalising sight, like smoothie's freshness

Wait, and hear me, Nwanyi Oma

You turn your waist like Shakira

And turn my head, with your shakara

Please Nne, bia bie mu oma

Across the oceans, I wander

Lost in this cold

With no one to hold

I think of you and wonder

The faultless lines of your waist

And the fullness of your lips

Here, they want to imitate your hips

To return, I am in a haste

Bewitch me, enenebe eje olu

In my mind's eyes

You are jollof Rice

Onye ka mu ga akolu

I have tasted the spring

the ocean is unattractive

Biko, tell your relatives

That I have bought the ring

You are an epitome of beauty

Soro m' naba Udi.

Magnus Nwagu Amudi is a legal practitioner in Nigeria. He is a lover of art and poetry. A graduate of Enugu State University of Science and Technology and presently pursuing a postgraduate degree in law at Elizabeth Haub School of Law, Pace University, New York, United States.

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