Leader of Crowns
to the one who is always in my heart
first fruit budding, gradually greening
manifest masterpiece of form and art
so suckling still, this stem-stock burgeoning
verily, greatness cusps in your being
for you are pristine royalty my child.
may all of your days be happy and mild
of gold and rubies, yours is a rare find
on the day I first carried you, I smiled
lovingly and said, “may you find life kind.”
first fruit budding, gradually greening
manifest masterpiece of form and art
so suckling still, this stem-stock burgeoning
verily, greatness cusps in your being
for you are pristine royalty my child.
may all of your days be happy and mild
of gold and rubies, yours is a rare find
on the day I first carried you, I smiled
lovingly and said, “may you find life kind.”
This poem is copyright (©) Yewande Akinse 2024
About the Writer
Yewande Akinse
Yewande is a poet and author of two collections of poems titled, "A tale of being, of green and of ing" (2019) and Voices: a collection of poems that tell stories (2016).