My Woman Poem by Olawale Akinyokun

ARMS OPEN WIDE TO RECEIVE,
CUDDLING AND CARING IN LOVE.
WAYS SO EASY TO LEARN,
TRUST MADE EASY TO EARN.
WITH PATIENCE AND FAITH DID YOU RAISE ME,
BOTH GENTLE AND ROUGH WERE YOUR TOUCH.
MY CLOSEST COMPANION AND CHASTENING FRIEND.
YOU DID REPRESENT A LOT OF THINGS TO ME.
TEACHING WITH LOVE, VALUES TO IMBIBE.
THROUGH YOU WAS I BROUGHT FORTH,
FOR WITHOUT YOU I WOULD HAVE BEEN NAUGHT.
A LOT HAVE YOU DONE,
AND WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE.
TIME ENDING, BODY WEAK AND WORN,
BE SURE I'LL BE YOUR MOON AND SUN
BEARING YOU AS SHOULD A SON,
LIVING AND EXUDING THE VIRTUE AND VALUES,
LEARNT AND OBSERVED WHILE I WAS YOUNG.