SHE’S A WOMAN; AN AFRICAN WOMAN

  

In praise of the magnificence of the women around us

For the sister, aunt, mum, grandmum

 

She is an African woman

She is Black, bold, beautiful

Strong, resilient, powerful

And brilliant as the sun

 

She’s a woman 

She’s not to be defined by 

The expectation of others

She’s not to be boxed to a corner of a house or country 

She’s born for flight

The woman

The caterpillar and the butterfly

 

She’s a woman

She knows her worth and wants

She knows what she’s needs to do to get it

Either slow and steadily

Or by hook or crook and fast

Regardless of the methods

One thing is clear

A woman determined

She won’t be deterred

 

She’s a woman

She’s the flower yet the root

She’s the symbol and the icon

She’s the canvass yet the paint

She’s the light that dispels the darkness

She is the best of us and what’s to come

A true bundle of wonder

 

She is a woman

She is us

She is me 

 

I’m that woman