WOES OF AN AFRICAN WOMAN
TO ALL TRAUMA MUST A WOMAN HEED,
AND TO ALL ATROCITIES GENERATED BY MY WOMB'S CRIME,
SORROW CAUSED BY MY BARRENESS GREED,
HINDERING ALL EXUBERANCE IN MY PRIME.
IF THIS IS WHAT I AM DESTINED TO GAIN,
LET MY SOUL DIE WITH AN ARROW,
FOR I CAN BEAR NO MORE
PAIN,
AND THE ROAD...
AND TO ALL ATROCITIES GENERATED BY MY WOMB'S CRIME,
SORROW CAUSED BY MY BARRENESS GREED,
HINDERING ALL EXUBERANCE IN MY PRIME.
IF THIS IS WHAT I AM DESTINED TO GAIN,
LET MY SOUL DIE WITH AN ARROW,
FOR I CAN BEAR NO MORE
PAIN,
AND THE ROAD...