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By Ayisha Ahmed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n To the kind lady who told my dad that I am a pleasure to be around<\/p>\n\n\n\n And the familiar girls who pick me up from the ground<\/p>\n\n\n\n When I’m feeling low<\/p>\n\n\n\n But mostly to the goddesses that help me to grow<\/p>\n\n\n\n To the friends that drag me out when I am sad<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that one who is the older sister that I never had<\/p>\n\n\n\n To all the females that make me feel complete<\/p>\n\n\n\n As well as to the ones I am still yet to meet<\/p>\n\n\n\n My admiration for your presence in my life<\/p>\n\n\n\n Burns because if I were to take a knife<\/p>\n\n\n\n And cut you open it would explain<\/p>\n\n\n\n How I know that magic runs through your veins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I think that women are magicians – AA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n About this poem<\/strong> in the author’s words<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Written on international women’s day, this poem reflects my adoration of<\/p>\n\n\n\n all the female figures in my life. Inspired in part by a quote that sat heavy<\/p>\n\n\n\n on my heart, “where there is a woman, there is magic” – Ntozake Shange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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