Someone’s Daughter By Ikechukwu Obialo Azuonye
Someone’s daughter,
Where’s all the laughter?
Someone’s sister,
Do you know her mister?
Someone’s cousin,
Did she not have a dozen?
Someone’s auntie,
Soul of the party?
Someone’s wife and
Dear to her husband
Someone’s mother,
Yes, and another
Someone’s granny,
Wouldn’t have a nanny.
Precious to someone
Precious to everyone
Precious to everyone
Precious to God
How dare you!
Ikechukwu Obialo
Azuonye was
born and raised in Eastern Nigeria. He qualified as a
medical doctor in 1976. Came to the UK for specialist
training in 1979 and was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist
in 1985. He has written two books about American politics
and society (as a result of which he enjoyed Visiting
Scholar status to three universities in the USA.) He left
the National Health Service in 2004 to work in the
independent and private sector. Now based in Harley Street,
London, W1. He is the author of America the Beautiful in our Lifetime (1992). |
