ASO OFI.

On the weaving loom of Almighty
My angel stands in place
A tightly stretched length-wise yarn
Spacing herself more closely
To completely cover up
My lapses
My fault
My blame
My imperfection

I am a weft yarn
She is a warp yarn
We are wound on a love beam
To make a set of connected loops
From just two yarns
In warp and weft directions
She stands in place
While I'm woven through to fill 
Her lapses
Her faults
Her blames
Her imperfection

We
Game off equally
She stands still
I am inserted over-and-under her
I am interlaced into a black beauty
A queen in her prime
We are
A newly completed aso ofi

*Aso ofi is a woven cloth in Yorubaland.

©Ojo Omeiza Blessing, 2015.