by Soyombo Ayomikun
The Other Room!
1. Where ambitions
May be
Quashed,
Where the gods of passion
Ravenously devour,
Where sweat
Drips and
Drops,
The Other
Room!
2. Where snores
Erupt,
Where ‘subconscious’
Reigns supreme,
Where hearts embrace
In sweet flowery dreams,
A daily witness
Of our stark
Nakedness,
The Other
Room!
3. Our fore-fathers
Snuffed out dreams in
The Other
Room,
Of girls that should
Rule,
Of voices that should
Be heard beyond
Our coast-
Silenced forever in
The Other
Room!
4. Who says
The Boardroom
Is the inheritance
Of beings
With hanging balls?
Who says
It’s the fate
Of our girls and
Women
To be forever lost
In the cooking room?
Who says
Our ladies can’t ignite
Our hearts and
Inspire us to
Our bones?
Please,
Let our girls
And ladies and
Mothers
Fly,
Out of The Other Room
Let them fly!
Op–ed pieces and contributions are the opinions of the writers only and do not represent the opinions of Y!/YNaija
Inspired by a loose joke from the president, this is a reminder to our ‘collective subconscious’ about where The Girl Child and Women generally should be in our society.
Soyombo Ayomikun tweets @alabaster85
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