DAUGHTER ( Poetry by Tanimonure Richards Adewale)

 DAUGHTER 

in you and your womb

i bury my all,

resting my sweats and tears

in peace of your joy.

i go down a man

wearing fool as a dress;

beautiful wound of scorns

stitched with sweet hatred.

i become a grave 

of your past wildfires;

lone cold living bed

breathing your happiest sky. 

may you be the seed

of my scouting scrotum 

from my faithful grave

inside a true beloved. 

may you be the fruit 

loud proud of a wisdom

worn as great foolishness

of you and your dear mum

About The Author 

Tanimonure Richards Adewale is a poet from Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, the homeland of the great poet, Wole Soyinka. A Mass Communication graduate from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic in his town of birth, he has been a two times top 20 finalist of the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) in the year 2022. He has been published in anthologies such as Healing Hands, Beauty Of Failures, A Country Of Broken Boys, A Revolution Thinks Itself A Bird and many more. He is an English Language teacher and a House Parent in International Christian Academy, Abeokuta, Nigeria. He is a brilliant editor and essayist, who looks forward to using his writing gift to bless the world at large, and make his country and continent proud.