Liberian Literary Magazine
In House Poet
MY BODY IS GOLD
{Poem to End Violence
Against Women}
By: Lekpele Nyamalon
Ever tried to break gold?
With your bare hand?
Did you feel the stiff?
Would you trade gold for brass?
Or try to sweep it like some
grass?
Gold is a precious shiny stone-not
a straw
My body –this body you see, is
gold
I may be short, small or huge
With my lappa stained with red
palm oil
Swamped by crying babies in the
kitchen
Or, I may be carrying my bucket,
Filled with pepper, okra, and
corn
But with these, I put f