My Daughter
By Yanna
How to protect you from the younger me?
The predatory ‘bees to honey’ me
Your lover knows why I distrust him so
I know his mind because I once thought so
Mummy can’t tell you: only us men know
The power that drives us, the green light ‘GO’
I’m drastic and angry: you are a glow
He will break and fix you: dim-bulb you slow
He will kiss his teeth: brothers will want beef
Families will meet: they will cool my heat
Do I want happiness or loneliness?
You ask! Show me a man with no face mask
