We’re starting the year with Intentionality and staying grounded in the knowledge of self as our topic. Hence our Piece Of The Month(POTM) is a poem from Admire Bonnie

Poem 1 – Admire Bonnie

Have you ever wondered why the sun shines 

Why the ocean flows 

Why the birds sing so beautifully 

How the flowers bloom so graciously 

It is all because of you 

Because everything on this earth was made to remind you 

You are not a mistake 

Not a minority 

You were made so this world would know what beauty looks like 

You were made to make mountains out of a molehill 

Don’t let anyone humble you 

The sky is your limit 

Don’t let anyone cripple you

Be you

My sweet cold revenge  – Admire Bonnie

I think I buried her

The girl in the mirror that kept reminding me ‘I wasn’t enough’

For so long she had so much power over my body 

Feasting heavy on my self esteem 

Leaving no crumbs behind

Labelling me as the skeleton in a cupboard in my own skin 

She was so good at convincing me that I was only a shadow 

Alarming me always that the light would go out 

She condemned me to every fraction of disrespect one could harbour towards

themselves 

That dismissing her from her soul felt fair enough 

Locking her away in a casket 

Six feet deep 

In all that darkness she tried to caress me in 

Separating her from this world

most especially from me 

And no I won’t shed any tears 

I won’t even pretend to be innocent 

Having her blood on my hands feels like I’m avenging my tears 

All those ones that were forced to come out too early 

Finally getting up on my feet and setting my broken wings on flight mode 

And to the ones that dare to mourn her 

My middle finger says hi 

And bye 

For seeing the wounds lined up so evidently on my sleeve 

And ignoring them 

For saying you care

For saying you’d always be here 

Then walking sideways every time I cared for a shoulder 

But never mind now I won’t be needing any shoulders 

Cos I know very well that this baby isn’t Jesus there’s no resurrection story coming

from her 

Choosing HER – Admire Bonnie

I’ve fallen in love with a girl 

My family may call it a sin 

This society I know now may describe it as a taboo 

But there’s nothing I can do 

I’ve really fallen in love with her 

And I want to be able to praise her body 

Out in public

I want to say I love her 

Without being a mockery 

I want to say how I feel about her smile,

her waist, her skin, her toes

Everything about her an epitome of divine 

Her legs are perfect 

And oh her eyes, a bit troubled, but still kind 

She’s the smartest person I know and I’m not being biased 

In her laughter I feel the ease 

of the ocean breeze 

When gold meets her skin 

You’ll know that’s a match made in heaven 

Her essence is pure

Energy 

I want to love her gently 

Without any judgment 

Without feeling like it’s a sin

So call me gay if you may 

But I’m choosing to love the girl I see in the mirror