African House-Wife

African House-Wife

i see the sitcoms
i see the movies
porcelain colored dolls
blue eyed-fairies
red lipped witches
hair soft as linen and as long as the nile
perfectly shaped from not drinking the milk i so cherish
too pretty to be true
they never had to smoke the fish in the roof
they never had to grind with a stone
i washed the cloth
they had the comfort of a tumbling box
my face is spottedfrom the oil i used to make your meal
my hand are calloused from the grinding with a stone
i use the native oil on my lips
it might not taste nice
but when you kissed them you swore to make me your wife
these calloused hands cradle your babies
my hair style not too long
but good enough for my children to feel
my love come back to me
to my heart as warm as a fire on a winter night
she is a cover model
dont you see the emptiness in her soul mirrored from her eyes
come home....to warmth

....Emamoke