SPELLING W.O.M.A.N

When you unearth this poem, 

kindly whisper a prayer to its lines

For I’ve met several women

in my little stay in life; 

fair, dark, chocolate, short, tall, slim, 

obese, shaped 8, all beauties to behold.

I have tried to spell w.o.m.a.n, 

& my lips curved a smile 

at the mention of each letter 

that escaped from my t o n g u e. 

Where is the home of happiness? 

    in mother’s cooking pot

Of what monochrome is energy? 

    the painting of a wife’s  kiss

Meaning of DNA? 

    DO NOT ANGER–her

Ask a mother where she finds joy? 

    she’ll tell you, in her child’s smile. 

Now, read the first letter of each line

    that’s how to spell a woman. 

Happy International Women’s Day to all the eves out there. 

©Olamide Ayoade (Penbleeds)