Reading Flyers - Mtendere Alice Kishindo

I demand,

Not ask,

I seek,

Yet, denied all that I find.

I am not small,

Neither fragile nor coy,

I am in the front line,

Feral protecting mine,

I demand,

Not ask,

Only because I am mistaken,

For lack of a better term…

Varied genes lost in translation?

Is it nurture vs. nature?

That I blame your mother,

Villain you have become,

The father of diverse seeds planted,

Embedded with psychosocial issues,

Only you could control,

I demand, yet, for them I have to ask;

To make peace between us

I demand you stay in my bed;

Stop wandering aimlessly in others,

In other people’s homes,

You chase the thrill of getting caught,

Or is it drinking from the fountain of youth you seek?

A whisper said, ‘to rejuvenate your waning ‘love’

    Your mind evokes pointed breasts,

As mine wave at my oblong valley below,

You stray,

Looking,

No, I demand and not ask,

That you do by me what you vowed,

I expect no less.

I demand and not ask,

As my mother drags us through,

Another one of your riots,

That you lay your hands off her,

I do not want to see,

As my mother conceals pain with powder;

That my uncle’s and cousin’s,

Do not find me prey,

That the senseless street vendors do not take my rebellion;

As a sign of vulnerability,

That they undress me publicly,

Shame me,

For I am proud, of who I represent

I demand and not ask

Not;

Not to be traditionally mutilated or socially labeled,

For what is natural to me;

My hair, my skin, my ass, my teeth; am I single?

My education is not my pitfall,

Why would you make one feel so?

And yet you bask in your accolades!

I demand you know,

That we are all prototypes,

Get over your ego!

I demand that you do not marginalize me,

With sugar coated policies,

Sat comfortably in conference chairs amongst your kind,

Chuckling at jokes about that strong headed woman,

Woman!

I am, I own it!

Are you aware of who you are?

I demand not ask

That you take interest

Listen and do not judge. 

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Mtendere Alice Kishindo (21st century) Malawi

Source: Experience's and Lost Thoughts