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June 28 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #fforfemale

photocredit- pinterest Some days are dark, baked in charcoal and tea spoonfuls of sadness. Do not blow-dry your face into forceful bloom but take the time off. Do not give the world a counterfeit smile, settle in with yourself. Filter the voices that...

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Body Glory

June 27 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #fforfemale

photocredit- pinterest In this breathing castle of wonder, What does your body look like? Your hair, a burning bush with strands too delicate. Your forehead, a sub-title with relative dialects. Your eyes, two strobes shinning like truth. Your ears, neatly...

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Sprint

June 26 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #fforfemale

photocredit- Saddi Khali In days your body will break, skin will crack like a stuttering laughter, like antique walls struck by time. Don’t choke in fear, but smile in wonder, for you too are capable of housing thunder so let them ride on like fire chariots...

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Understand these things

June 25 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #fforfemale

photocredit- pinterest Until you understand that your body’s not firewood, a heating device made to keep men warm off the clogs of harmattan. Until you understand your body’s no whiskey, a fleshy bottle to cock ourselves into, a sea to cast our cares...

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See

June 23 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #fforfemale

photocredit - pinterest See how sunlight leaks from your eyes, like tiny pores of neon light beaming through a fabric filter. See how rain scrubs away your dirt, as you unfold into new skin looking like new eden. See how lighting races across your body,...

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Self-worth

June 22 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #fforfemale

photocredit- pinterest Look between the folds in your belly, the cave in your navel, the hollow in your dimples or the nape in your neck. Look between the lines in your forehead, the cracks in your palms, the spaces in your fingers or the valley in your...

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Cig-smoke

June 21 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

photocredit - pinterest I n the end you don’t smoke the cigarette, the cigarette smokes you. You watch life evaporate into the wind as your mouth becomes firewood, dispelling smoke and hope in form of ash. Why does death have so many faces? Some warm...

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Today again

June 20 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

Today again, I woke up to another naked girl on Instagram. She’s black, they’re almost always black. They tell you they’re strong and free. Learning to accept their imperfections and becoming comfortable in their body. Exploring the wonder of melanin...

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The Chain

June 18 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #Ofringsandslavery

photocredit- Adrian McDonald “My daughter, as you go to your husband’s house be very submissive. Learn to tender to his needs all the time and at whatever time he demands of you. He is your Lord, make sure you remember this always. Remember to give his...

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Eulogy

June 17 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #Ofringsandslavery

photocredit- Adrian McDonald Now I boil my skin daily with prayers, like a cow’s feet hoping it softens enough to soothe my Lord’s taste. Now I soak my face in Mary Kay, like a splash of rainbow hoping it twinkles to soothe his gaze. His loins got these...