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The Killing of the Virtuous Woman

(Unchained Part 1) This is where she died. The virtuous woman. She started early with one kid on her back and the other one pinned to her side. Going up a hill with a bucket of water while he still slept... Back pain killed her. No appetite after cooking food for you and you and you, too tired to laugh or eat or take part in the conversation… Complacency killed her They said to make something of yourself. She had no time; home had to be perfect she said my home is the reflection of who I am… Aimlessness killed her. She began late with the clothes washing and the floor scrubbing while watching the brood she had to split to bare. Because of love, she held nothing back... She moved on to the bedroom where she had to be your love, your whore, your dream for 5 minutes and yet you found flaws, but she smiled and moved on with it… Selflessness killed her. This is where she died the love of your life, of heartbreak when she heard you had room in your heart f...

A Poem: Tear Eye (Part 1 of the Tear Eye Series)

They said her eye don tear She has seen too much She has done too much Her voice is the loudest now Her steps the heaviest now They say her eye has tear Her  skin is leather Her throat sore She has shouted too much Too tough, Too hard  All the way around her head Her eye don tear No innocence any more She does not do what she is to do Ego oyibo has blinded her Her eye has tear Her hands are too hard  Her back too bent Her eye don tear She prices too long Mama haggler mama hustler That is not how woman is meant to be Tear eye every where -YD-