Virginity Poem by Raimi Babatunde

Don't let them diss you
It's because they lost theirs
Your virginity is your pride
A special gift for your better half
They will pay in diamond for it
Don't get carried away
Like a treasure, keep it safe

I know you didn't sign the oath
The oath of celibacy
Sexual purity requires self control
Only the wise virgins can relate
Such a person is a diamond
I wish I didn't loose mine to Delilah
This, my greatest life regret

If your alignment hasn't been ruptured
You are fortunate to be a virgin
Be smart, homely with a good character
Laced with the fear of God
My dear, you are a rarity, a jewel
You kept your own in immoral times
You are only fit for Kings and Queens

Did you loose it to violence?
Rape, incest, molestation?
Or deceitful marriage proposals?
Keep your heads up, you're still a treasure
Our jewel of inestimable value, our pride
Shame to your abusers
The blood will visit their generations yet unborn

All those sitting on "Agbo"
How market? Nothing like original
Whether you are a foolish or wise virgin
Promise yourself you'll never let go
Until the time is right
Under a perfect condition
Sealed with conjugal oaths

If your hymen is broken
Or you already had your first
If you couldn't keep yourself
Don't discredit those holding strong
Stop the set-ups, stop the manipulations
A praying virgin can move mountains
Surely, their prayers changes things

We are in the last days
Where everything revolves around sex
What has a phone jingle to do with nudes
Advertorials covered in togas of sex
Sex for grade, grade for sex
Hiring officers are not excluded
This has even crept into our Holy temples
God forgive...

Without character, you are a foolish virgin
With character, you are a wise virgin
If your character determines your altitude
Your purity will open doors eternal
And the Master Creator will honour you
I wish I never lost it
If I can travel back in time
I will keep the bed undefiled

Holding on in a perverse generation
Worse than Sodom and Gomorra
Twenty-One gun salute to you
This is as important to men as to women
Keep your holy grail of pride
And your spouse will love you forever
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Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
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