Poem: Why?

‘Why can’t you be like other women?’

‘Why can’t you smile more?’

‘Why do you think so much of yourself?’

‘Why won’t you throw your worth on the floor?’

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Why?

Why?

Why?

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His ‘whys’

Shriveled up

My insides, and

Dried up the garden

Between my thighs.

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The ‘whys’ sounded like the whines

Of a little child,

With a half-formed mind.

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Why couldn’t he accept

That I was sublime?

Why did he despise

The wonder

That I am?

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Written by

Ivie M. Eke 2018.