A VANGUARD SPEAKs by Oche Celestine Onjewu

Day72
#365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge


Let silent lips speak the loudest
Of what the birds need sing,
Roar it to the mountains
What good news we bring

Let the weak raise feeble limbs
And every wet eyes dry,
You no longer have to bury your dreams,
Or behind the male do hide

For our dream were shattered,
Because it was a girl’s
Maybe we are born and bred,
To piper low and live in fear

Just like a bird we were given wings
And told not to fly,
We are to wait for a messiah
On whose feet we must lie

Tell it to the girls in the east,
And to the girls in the west,
It’s time get on your feet,
And live your dreams to your best


Your daughters no longer should shrink,
To make themselves smaller,
Girls too can reach that zenith,
For success has no gender
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Oche Celestine Onjewu is a Physicist, Poet and a Writer.