
Poetry by Princess
Dr. Princess Olufemi-Kayode is a Survivor who is a Sexual & Gender-Based Violence Response professional with cross-disciplinary experience and training in child victim interviewing, forensic interviewing, child protection development & implementation; victim advocacy; sexual assault/violence response team, building, multi-sector response; rape crisis center response, case reporting writing; media partnership building and project execution at the field level. She is currently working towards building professional sexual violence response capacity of practitioners at community-based and non-governmental organizations, government agencies, schools, religious organizations, the private sector, and serving on advisory and consultancy level across the world. https://www.mediaconcern.net/
A collection of poetry by Dr. Princess
FEAST OF PREYS
Across the horizon
Scattered debris of litter
Hyenas and foxes battle
There is too much for a fight
The land is green
With bloody fangs to show
Sumptuous feel they have
Smaller species enjoy a filled day
Sunshine or sunset
Preys lie in wait
Traps are easily occupied
The gatekeepers sojourned far
Fear dances freely
Maami grasp her breasts
Wailing she shouts
A resounding echo yells back
Then nothing!
Still silence
Except for the rumbling of filled bellies
The feast strives
By
©Dr. Princess™
Feb2319 17.40pm
DANGLING ON A SWING
All these years
I just can’t attain all I can be
Right now I feel I am in that place
After some time I am not so sure
Fear
Fear of am I good enough
Can I really be that?
What do I know?
Scared
I will mess up
I don’t have anything to give
What can I do?
Terrified
I learn and learn
Not afraid to relearn
Yet I ask, what am I?
The root dried up & died
The dreams took a flight
Shattered inside
Dead…What can happen again?
Adapted
I live each day uncertain
Air I breathe
Mostly confused… What am I still doing here?
Dried up
Hope of living
Hope of having a meaning
My escape…
By
©Dr. Princess™
Feb2319 18.13pm
I CHOOSE LIFE
We talk about it
In hushed tones
My throat remained gagged
Yet the garment of shame looms above
Everyone is afraid to speak
Voices dimmed
No…!
They are choked
Eyes everywhere
Penetrating…Piercing
Looking over my shoulder
How can I share?
I bear the wounds
Deep in my soul
I can’t keep quiet anymore
No… I have tried
I restrained myself
Because society tied the knot
I have to shout on rooftop
I have to free myself
I can’t keep quiet any longer
A victim I struggled to live
Deeply gutted
Spirit murdered
I rise again
To live
I will live
I am a survivor.
Not quite!
I am more
More than a conqueror
Because I choose to LIVE!
By
©Dr. Princess™
Feb2219 2am
WHO SAYS
You didn’t ask for this
You didn’t set yourself up to be sexually
victimized.
Maybe yours happened as a child, a teen or as an adult
It doesn’t really matter…
Someone invaded your space and didn’t stop there
… Continued to invade your soul as well
Quite horrid, terrible
Painful that I don’t have words to express the agony
Fear took over
Dread began to rule your life and
Particularly the fear of falling prey again
Yet you fell prey again and again
You changed
This changed you
You have missed out…
Yes! Indeed you missed out a lot
Your understanding of relationship and sex is warped
Yet it’s not over
Look on the inside
Bring back YOU
Now is time to take back what is rightfully yours
The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy
That experience was an armed robbery incident
If it happened more than once – Then it’s a continuous robbery
The intention –
Intended to kill and destroy you…
Was it successful?
Yes… to a point
NOW is the time to wake up!
Take back your life…
I had to wake up to life
It can’t continue like this any MORE!
I sought for answers
I researched before the internet came into being
Any information on Sex got my attention
Particularly sexual abuse – consequences, impact, and survivors
Get Information!
Get a Life
Don’t give the thief the benefit of doubt
Take back your life
The reins are in your hands
Look at those hands
They are yours
Your body is yours
Information is key to liberty
Keep searching and for solutions
Your story of triumph is deliverance for another
I celebrate you
By
©Dr. PrincessTM
Mar1919
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