Friday, 26 September 2014

She is

When she is what she is
She is the woman with the kindest of hearts
Who thinks of you before you even think for yourself
She volunteers to stand by you before you realize you need someone
She goes to crazy lengths to ensure you are alright
Runs that extra mile for you, save that extra seat for you....

When she is what she is
She is as stubborn as we women could be
Insisting, persisting, and never relenting
Caught in her own opinions she doesn't care
That there could be and that there are landscapes beyond her view
She decides what she  will see....

When she is what she is
She is a nervous wreck beyond redemption
The raging of her emotions overtake her
As she cries like a baby and refuse to be comforted
She's a picture of devastation
Beautiful nonetheless, for her honesty....

When she is what she is
She is an intellectual par excellence
An orator who'll make your heart skip a beat
A woman driven with a zeal to compete with even herself
A ferocious worker, a committed student
There's nothing stopping her
No, not even herself.

When she is what she is
She's not always lovable, not always appreciable
A mere face in the crowd, just another struggler, just another voice;
An ordinary woman with big dreams
A bag of worries, a fearful adventurer, a nonsensical babbler
Another bother to deal with!

But she is what she is
And I love her just the way she is
She loves me and I never doubt her love for me, that intriguing love...
If I could have chosen I never would have chosen her
But here she is in my life, joined at the hip
A bosom friend, someone I always needed and didn't know existed.

She is what she is
The best friend a woman could ask for in another woman.



Wednesday, 24 September 2014

Now

I can't walk through life waiting for someone to do me a favor
Wake me up with a kiss, rescue me from a bad mother
Or slay dragons and witches for me.
My happily ever after won't be after I meet that illusive prince.

I let go of thoughts which makes me lesser than what I am and should be
I am not a slave to my emotions and the raging turns of my mind
Much as they are part of me, they are not me in totality.

Yea, I could be a princess who goes on hunting adventures
A queen who rules over her domain with wisdom.

I can be the imaginable.

I am the daughter who carries the jewel of her parents' hearts inside her
The sister who stands in the watchtower of the castle her family lives in
The friend who fights alongside her army of friends
The teacher who counsels in the courts of the budding minds of her children.

I am these and so much more.
I am not nothing.

I am she who is living.
Soaking up  and sowing love along her way
Waiting but not whining
Anticipating but not anxious.

I dare to dream , to take risks
I waver but won't sink easily
I rattle but there's an unfathomable silence within me.

I am a person myself
My time is now, it was never"will be",
I am alive now, I am living now.