A Rose A Woman Poem by KUTLWANO SONJI NOBLE ONE NKWE

It starts as a stalk with few leaves
Catching no ones eyes like termite eaten twigs
Inhabitant by ants unrecognized by bees
Only taking a good florist to surmise what it is
When the cold winds of winter dies
Small raindrops from the skies
Celebrate the birth of the spring season
The branches are now born
Hot summer sun soon takes over
So it is with green leaves dominating branches
To maturity stage they come closer
The formation of the flower begins
When farmers start to reap what they sow
A buzz of a worker bee becomes a new heard song
Colorful petals shine with pride
Eyes of many becomes so strong
Their recognition precision
Is sky away from of the florist
Spotting every tiny part of beauty in it
It’s a beautiful rose they say

A rose is like a beautiful woman
She starts as a child who cannot walk
Catching no ones eyes like a hideous creature
Inhabitant by mucus unrecognized by young men
Only taking her mother to surmise what she’ll be
When fifteen twelve months take their last breath
Teenage hood rejoices its birth
Incredible features features
The development of man she starts to manifest
Two decades and something era soon takes over
So it is with mature thinking dominating pre thoughts
To maturity stage she comes closer
The beginning of the upcoming incredible dame
When the soils are stepped for thirty years
Low voices of young men become the only audible thing
The body making quos like a tall tower standing
Eyes of many so strong
Their recognition precision
Is sky away from of her mother
Spotting every part of beauty on her
She is beautiful they say