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Me a woman

Papua-New-Guinea-Woman-SmileNICOLA NICHOLSON DANIEL

An entry in the Crocodile Prize
Kina Securities Award for Poetry

I came to this world not knowing my destiny
No matter whether baby girl or boy

I came to this nation not knowing my history
No matter whether highlander or coastal child

I came to the world not knowing my fate
No matter whether I would live or die a teenager

I came to this world not knowing my weight
No matter whether I be fat or lean

But as it turns out to be and as a matter of truth
My destiny was to be a beautiful baby girl

My history was that I am multicultural
My fate is that I lived to womanhood

My weight will not outshine my dignity
Me, a woman from Melanesia

Born with destiny
Shaped by history

Empowered by faith
A woman of Papua New Guinea

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