Me a woman
31 May 2015
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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