Doh re mi
Mi re doh
re mi re mi
Across the shores of a land
long developed i trod
yet i never forgot the musical notes
of my mother tongue.
Oluwakemi-re mi re mi re
when they asked what name i bore
i proudly sang out my identity
you also can make music out
of your name i urged the colored
i say colored because they say
“i am white”
is not white a color?
they call me black and i
shake my head in rejection
i am not black
black and white does not
exist in heaven from whence i come
only male and female
i am female
they say i act like the rest of them
Nigerians who cheat, lie and corrode
i spit out with fervor
i am not Nigerian
They named the Giant of Africa so
i am not Nigerian
i am Akanke-Doh doh mi
i am a beautiful dark complexioned
female of yoruba descent,
Arewa Adumaradan
i was Yoruba before the colored man made me Nigerian
i am
i am Yoruba-Doh Doh Mi
As i returned to the land of my birth
my heart beat faster
Ajo da bi ile
though i envy the sanity
of the foreign land
i only felt free
when my feet touched
native soil.
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emilyonikaba @shewhoisloved
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Very nice.
Thanks.
You are a poet in the making. keep it up.
i sure will, thanks
This is beautiful.
thanks kaycee
Great. the tone was almost musical.
thanks. i think so too
Way to go, I enjoyed reading this.