FAILED; HER PLAN FOR CLAN

Mama said I needed a man

A man who will care and be my fan

A man who will take an arrow

And hide me in his shadow

But she warned me not to borrow

Or I will get stuck when I become an unknown widow

II

Mama said I needed a clan

To form the clan, I needed a man

To get a man, I needed a plan

A plan to make one mellow

By being all his sorrow

As that will make him follow

III

I may not have gotten her brainy umbrella

Because I felt I needed a plan

A plan to be free like a man

A plan to do a happy dance even without an erect timber like a man’s

So I took the chance

But mama’s voice makes me feel failed

Yes failed, even with wings to fly

For the shadow and her plans for clan’s test,

I failed miserably

Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015