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WHO IS SHE ?
<p>Who is she ? </p><p><br/></p><p>She is the first cry</p><p>that answered silence.</p><p>The breath</p><p>that refused to let life be cold.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Iya (Yoruba).</p><p><br/></p><p>The one who stays,</p><p>Who powders her face over pressure</p><p>from her husband’s family,</p><p>and still wears smiles</p><p>like it was never heavy.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Umma (Arabic).</p><p><br/></p><p>The body that opened</p><p>and did not turn away.</p><p>The flesh that tore,</p><p>and still called it love.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Maman (French).</p><p><br/></p><p>The one who receives blows</p><p>like unwanted rain,</p><p>in a house that should have been shelter,</p><p>yet remains,</p><p>holding hope with bleeding hands.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Madre (Spanish).</p><p><br/></p><p>She is the hunger</p><p>that chose absence,</p><p>so fullness could live in another mouth.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Nne (Igbo).</p><p><br/></p><p>The one who runs</p><p>from one labour to another,</p><p>from sweat to struggle,</p><p>from dawn to dusk,</p><p>turning exhaustion into survival.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Mutter (German).</p><p><br/></p><p>Her beauty did not disappear.</p><p>It transformed into scars</p><p>that speak louder than mirrors.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Eomma (Korean).</p><p><br/></p><p>The one who married and married again,</p><p>yet found no refuge in any name.</p><p>So she gathered her children</p><p>and made them her home.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Mère (French).</p><p><br/></p><p>She swallowed insults like poison,</p><p>and still spoke blessings.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Amma (Hindi).</p><p><br/></p><p>She buried her tears in the night,</p><p>and watered the morning with a smile.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Ene (Idoma).</p><p><br/></p><p>She is the breaking no one witnessed,</p><p>and the strength everyone celebrates.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Iyé (Unekwuojo, Kogi).</p><p><br/></p><p>The ground that receives every fall,</p><p>and still grows love.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Onyi (Egbira).</p><p><br/></p><p>The one who births twice, and stops.</p><p>First in breath,</p><p>second in her soul.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Uwa (Hausa).</p><p><br/></p><p>The breath that bends time.</p><p>The heartbeat that keeps worlds awake.</p><p>The quiet storm that shapes destinies.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Nna (Nupe).</p><p><br/></p><p>The hand that lifts without asking.</p><p>The voice that mends unseen fractures.</p><p>The soul that turns trials into light.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is Madre (Spanish).</p><p><br/></p><p>The whisper in the storm no one can silence.</p><p>The fire that burns without consuming itself.</p><p>The shadow that holds the light of generations.</p><p><br/></p><p>Who is she?</p><p>She is a mother.</p>
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