The Half Woman Poem by Yomi Oguntoyinbo
The Half Woman
She was completely innocent at first
Deceit crept in and forcefully took away her virginity
Lies threw her on the streets - corrupting her innocence.
With sweet songs, men from yonder and thither came and went;
And her life was never the same again
Homeless and shameless she became;
A perpetual borrower, more so, she was reduced to;
A pauper - borrowing from street to street.
As men exchange baton in the race of her life, she aborted...
Yes! She aborted, and aborted again and again;
Until she aborted her future - her vision.
This cruel wind blew her here and there
Banishing her into the world of oblivion
Until one day, she became sterile - the Half Woman.
If you see her walking corpse across the streets,
Empathise with her … OR rather with yourself,
For herein lies the epitome of mother Africa.
Wow such is life, it make me to remember how the sweet songs of Africa men deceit me also by losing my virginity cheaply, but nevertheless life goes on, life is two face. Nice one this is eyes opening poem for the Africa woman out-there to know more about the Africa man. The world is full of deceit by the Nigeria youngest poem writer Yomi Oguntiyinbo Lagos State Polytechnic Lecture. More grace
An insightful piece of poetry that lives one with an enigma to ponder. Beautiful work of art. Thanks for sharing Yomi.
Thanks Chinedu for your review. I am honoured that you could find something worth the while in my poem. Stay blessed!
Thanks Chinedu for reviewing my poem. I am so honoured that you could find something worth the while in my poem. Stay blessed!
This is a great one sir, this shows how ladies are been deceived by men.it also means that as a lady we should be careful
Nice poem Sir..... An innocent woman who was brutalized by the society... Well done Sir
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Wow this is eyes opening poem for all our teenagers, youths and lady out there, especially young teenagers that fine herself in university and polytechnic beware of the deceit guy and man out-there. I also remember the way i lose my virginity by the sweet songs of Africa man.