Selfhood

Selfhood

I am a strong black woman

Blessed with a lion's heart

Equipped with an owl's wisdom

I am a star in the midnight sky

an apprentice to the moon

With the mission to light up my family's path

and the vision to change their story for the better, soon

I am a praying mantis

Grateful for Africa's nature

Clothed with the gift of culture

and englobed in the arms of my foremothers

I am a migratory bird

In seek of the aliments that fills my being

A freedom only I can obtain

Because I am the architect of what I call my identity