Poetry

While I was away, what have you been up to?

Ajadi mi, you will never know how much I have missed writing to you I know you must have wondered about my silence It was not my fault, Ajadi My husband was angry…

Ajadi mi, our mother is well It was just fever, so do not worry. She misses you every day, Ajadi …like we all do. Do you remember when I first met your mother?

Ajadi mi, I saw Adigun today Adigun, our little hero I met him on my way from the gbewiri stream this morning He was coming from the bush Ajadi mi, our little hero

Ajadi mi, the wedding is over now I have become Alao’s wife. He is a good man, Ajadi… He takes care of me; he even lets me keep your locket He says