Poetry: Adunni

I am Adunni
The daughter of a lioness
I mirror her
who birthed me

I am Adunni
Descendant of a lion
I am a replica of the warrior
Who fathered me

I am the proud possessor of the gifts bestowed upon me by Eledumare
The giver of life

I am Adunni
Adumaadan

My radiant smile like a blossoming flower
My glowing skin like the seed of Ishin
Sites of admiration

I am the lissome Adunni
Idi'leke

I am Adunni, the pleasant oney mother's joy
The pride of a waking continent

Adunni I am, the Hope

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©Mobola Esiri
November 2002

Poetry: Guardian

If Icould choose a guardian angel 
one that would watch out for me 
I know right now without doubt 
just who I would choose for me 

It would be someone 
who I know always cares 
someone with whom I feel free 
my inner-most thoughts to share 

Yes, it would be the one 
who talks with me and who listens to me 
When I am about to fail, 
The one who would be here for me and 
go with me through it all 

It would be someone who prays for me 
And knows my strenght 
and my weakness, my faults 
And, yet, would love me still 

So if it were that I could choose 
The one to help watch over me 
Dear one, 
Would you my angel be?