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My sweet elder brother by then     A royal child he is to me
 had now become a monster           Will the royal child one
 He spoke to me heartbreaking words  day become royal?
 whenever he could hear the sound   In the morning he cries
 of the royal child.                for a meal and the only
 ”Bastard!, get this bastard out of here  meal he gets is plain water
 and take it to it’s father.”       and white porridge without
 Before I digested that, my mama whom  any healthy dietary in it.
 I thought could give me a shoulder to
 lean on, had just turned into another  Royal family drinks lots of tea
 monster also.                      Two cubes of sugar and faces
 ”Wewe ni shetani; nachukia kukuzaa’”  of glee
 which means I regret giving birth to you  Tea time is ten, two and four
 Satan you are.                     Will this Prince of a poor
                                    disappointed mother become
 All those words broke me, pierced me  a royal and true Prince to the
 And even damaged me physiologically.  world?
 The time for moving out of that    Oh! How I wish, how I wish
 home had now come.                 I could give him the royalty
                                    he deserves, how I wish
 Rejections had become my friends   He could get the taste
 My best of friends I could say.
 Rejection from family              Of all these fine linens
 Rejection from my age mates        Which Princes wear.
 Rejection from the father of my child  How I wish he gets a
 My world was indeed coming to an end.  royal home, that Kingdom
                                    Where Prince should stay.
 Life has started now it’s me and
 a special someone.                 Even without a king to
 His name is Prince, a name of      rule our kingdom; the
 royals.                            Queen is there. I want
 Everybody could ask why name him   to use the power of a woman
 ‘Prince’ did you lack names for a baby boy?  I want the world to understand
                                    the value of a woman.
 Little did they know my world      I want the king-born to set an example to
 The world of a mother who          those women who’ve been thrown
 yearns for a royal home.           out of their homes.
 I decided to name him Prince
 to make those who treated          I want the best for this
 him like a nobody understand       chubby, smiley, handsome Prince.
 How much of a Prince he really is.  Can anyone hear the cry of
                                    this mother?

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