'What is your name?'- A Poem In Honour To Women's Month.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

What is your name?

I wish they knew you.

I wish they knew who you are wholly.

Every day they see you

But they miss your glory.

They call you a bitch a slut and a whore but that is not

Your name.

What is your name?

You have walked this earth since the birth of time.

You have seen the stars in the sky.

Sometimes they mistreat you,

Hurt you, violate you

And abuse you.

But you pray,

‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do.’

They say they rule the world but what they don’t know

Without you they wouldn’t have a world.

Their destiny is in the palm of your hands.

Their legacy lay on the soles of your feet.

Their history is arched on your back

And their future remains in your womb.

So what is your name?

Women is your name

Love is your trade

Grace is your light

Beauty is your inheritance

Forgiveness is your path

And eternity is your birth right.

To be a Woman is to be the light of this world.

To be a Mother is to be the centre.   

To be a Daughter is to honour.       

And To be a Lover is to be yours forever.  

May they know your name

May they love your name

May they respect your name

And when they say WOMAN

May they remember there would be no Man.

By Nthabiseng Mosieane.