She Lifted Me Poem by Bamisaye Adeniran

Overwhelmed with joy
She lifted me
Lost in celebration
Of a successful completion
She lifted me.

To my utmost surprise
And all around us
In her arms
She took me off the ground
And into the air I went.

Like a baby
In the hands of a caring mother
She carried me
With a triumphant smile
Boldly written on her face.

And the white community
Having their day
I was in the air
Also, exposing the white freely
Oh! What a day to remember.

With my left hand lifted in celebration
With my right, held her back across the shoulder
With her left across my back
And her right behind my kneels
We were lost in celebration.

I’ll always look back to this moment
I’ll always remember this day
I’ll always keep in the museum of memory.
What a wonderful day,
The day she lifted me.