Now that I am a grown woman
I have learnt to be independent,
Parental nagging is the thing of the past,
What I do not have I resist to desire,
Now that I am a grown woman,
I am aware of yester years mistakes committed at youth,When Iused to play toys,
When I had my first lover
When I was in my teenage stage,
Where I got pregnant with joys of sex not making love that made me pregnant with fatherless kids,
Now that I am a grown woman,
I am aware of the abortions I made,
Ten of them that twisted my mind,
That kept me away from blowing stomach,
I am aware that I am a murderer because now I am a grown woman not a girl.
Now that I am a grown woman,
I am aware of thirteen male friends that I made friends and allowed them to sink in.my vagina,
Because I thought those were friends to boost my status,
Alas! It was not a worthy friendship.
Now that I am a grown woman
I put aside the childhood stage,
And focus on my adulthood life,
To fully discover what being a woman means.
Now that I am a grown woman,
I know what I am means,
It means I am strong,
I am the future,
I can overcome calamities,
No longer shall I condemn myself for my past.
It prepares me for possible hurt,
I will cry to drain my agonies,
I am lonely,
I am scared,
I feel lost,
And I know that "That too shall pass" because I am a grown woman.
I am truly a grown woman
No longer shall fake love entice me,
No longer shall I follow the wrong crowd,
No longer shall I hunt for Kings,
Or Studs shall hunt for me for I am a queen,
I am now a grown woman.
Now that I am a grown woman
I’ll rest assured in His presence because His-story made me realize my freedom,
Faith and I shall embrace for eternity,
I shall never fade because I am a grown woman.
Now that I am a grown woman my womb shall carry those that I will pray for,
Hold them in my faith,
My hands shall soften the chosen chest,
My lips drink from the wells of the chosen one,
My eyes shall only be a light to my chosen one,
My chocolate skin shall be the taste of my chosen one,
My heart longs for my chosen one,
Because now I am a grown woman,
Thirteen minus twelve is equal to one no longer shall my heart take more.
See I am aware of the names I will get,
And those that will follow me,
Because I am a grown woman
I’ll hold on and press on’
Now I am a grown woman.
T. Mathe