Obassi Nsi

Category: Writing and Poetry
Obassi Nsi
Obassi osaw
God gave me u
Yoruba warrior
U promised 1 day we bathe nude in Niger
Tripping off chard
Drunk enough 2 believe in youth dreams
I stood beside u King
I the Queen
Beat a rhythm in my chest
On Djembe
I shall dance 4 u
In the deep night
I gather my flock and follow
Prophets who speak in tongues
thought 2 be language forgotten
U King understand
Eyes of fire
Brother of blood
King of fertility
I divine Queen housing yr seeds
Spring bloomed future generations 4 u
The time of the planter
Smell of myrrh
Vapors that wait 4 u and suffocate
In my house
Neighbors think we practice the voodoo
We might
Birth right from my Geechee grandpapa
Spinning verse like spider webs
Isolated into a space of their own
Drawstring venetians
Keeping the world from peeking
We perform love rites
I 4 u
U watched corner eyed
Until I was in front
Full belly
Naval protracted
Offering the tribe of Judah in a tomb of blood
Delivered jewels out the womb into yr arms
Obassi nsi
Obassi osaw

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