the PRODIGAL woman

by

nicholas ayoola oladehin

full of mischief

unpredictable

cunning and unstoppable

an exact copy of Eve

a replica of Delilah

born of a woman like all men

learning the trade of the barking clan

right from her youthful days

she melts into the night unseen

carrying her wares as she goes along

yearning for so much more

even though she lives in luxury.

she is a wife to a thousand men

a concubine to a thousand more.

she delights

in sharing the beds of her men

she loves with her body

and gives with her heart

and her soul is free for all to share.

she adorns herself with diamonds

and she swims in piles of gold

she changes her partners like tissue

selling her wares on sale

her once radiant frame

becomes a shadow of itself

gradually depreciating

revealing an image of wear and tear

she has travelled the world

deflowered by a thousand men

of a thousand tribes

now she retraces her steps

back to

Africa

Motherland

in search of her very first love.