Bisola Bada is a Business Psychologist and writer from Nigeria. She writes about the intersection of life, beauty, love, and everything in between; she writes especially for the girl child.

I forgive myself

in pleasing patriarchy

I am a sinner

but I forgive myself

because it has started 

I mean I am plucking out

the incisors of supremacy

munching on my nipples

I used to tear in hiding

drown in my own shadow

but not anymore

to these rude dicks

wanting to till a loam

that’s never theirs

to these mosquitoes

flighting towards me 

for a plundering

I am no longer 

that girl christened after 

a broken boat on water

I am fiery in my breath

& there shall be 

a carnival of burning

it is my wish that

a lord of misogyny

crushes the clarity 

of this poem 

only in that way

can I happen to you

bold

these lines on my thighs

stretch themselves

in the language of water 

unbroken

the river is without shame

so am I with my skin

soft & striking

a flaw, too, is beautiful

for no sky is without 

black spots 

yet it doesn’t stop 

to birth sun & moon & stars

Contributor’s Bio

Bisola Bada is a Business Psychologist and writer from Nigeria. She writes about the intersection of life, beauty, love and everything in between; she writes especially for the girl child. When she is not reading or writing, she is out enjoying the beauty of youth with her girlfriends. She currently writes from Newcastle, United Kingdom. She can be reached by email at badabisola22@gmail.com

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