A WOMAN OF VALOUR; ‘Moremi’ Odukoya

I choose to call her that
Because that’s who she is;

A dauntless woman

Who chose to emerge victorious from her battle with the world

Even when she felt the strength ebb gradually out of her

Her hands stayed wrapped firmly around her fighting club

Her arms raised high in defiance for all to see

That her will to hang on to the end still held

Her fight couldn’t have been fiercer

Battle fit only for men that stood with their toes

And broke heads with their own skull-scraped heads
A battle fought only by maidens

Whose names remain emblazoned on the stones of life

She chose to conquer the world

And that she did in the most glorious way

Such which, only the powerfully inflamed heart can understand

I see you mother,

…Move on. 



August 27, 2012. 9:57pm