'DAUGHTER, WHEN YOU ARE GROWN...' Poet Pens Letter To The Daughter That Will Make You Rethink The Choices You Have Made About Your Life

Piece by: Grace Kerongo
Lifestyle

Art is a reflection of the society.

Popular poet Tear Drop has decided to pen a candid letter to his daughter.

The letter if full of pop culture references and it points at what is wrong with the society we live in.

Tear drop rubbishes the growing culture of embracing socialites, posting nudes, twerking and looking for sponsors.

Here is his letter to his daughter...

DAUGHTER WHEN YOU ARE GROWN,

So daughter when you grown,

Just in case you'll want to grow up

and be an insect,

I don't want you to be a fly,

We all know that flies depend on waste,

Kim Kardashian is fly,

And that is why she is with Kanye West,

So daughter when you grown,

Just in case you want grow up and be an insect,

I want you to be a bee,

So that if a man ever wants to call you honey,

He should know that you can make honey,

Daughter when you grown,

And a man older than your dad or the same age as yourfather want to court you,

I want you to tell him this,

"Am diabetic, I don't do sugardaddies",

Daughter when you grown,

I want you to go for men,

Not only for men who will spend for you,

But men who will save for you,

Daughter when you grown,

I will build your mansions that you won't fall for men with cubes,

Daughter when you grown,

Don't go for men with biceps and triceps,

I want you to go for men with concepts,

Daughter when you grown,

Don't be deceived by careers,I have come across soldiers protecting boundaries with their lives,

But couldn't protect their daughters at the edge of FGM-Knife,

I have come across bloggers, web designers, socialites spending more time on the internet,

Than they did with their children's homework,

I have come across doctors whose wives are so patient and they've never taken them for a treat,

Daughter when you grown,

And the world tells you to shake what your mama gave you,

I want you to shake your head in disagreement and tell them,

This is what my mama gave me,

"A big head full of values, principles and dignity",

Daughter when you grown,

I want you to start listening to your own conscience,

Before you start listening to Vibes cartel and Konshens,

Because their vibes makes me unconscious,

So daughter when you grown,

I want you to know that your BODY is a TEMPLE,

HOLY and SANCTIFIED,

And have never seen a temple taking nudes and posting them on social media for the world to see,

Cause one Like from God is equivalent to a billion likes from men,

Daughter when you grown,

I want you to know that all battles are won on knees,

And any lady who goes on her knees every 6.30,

Will never twerk, bend-over or do the 6.30s,

Daughter when you grown,

I want you know that sometimes you don't have to fight for your rights,

Or stand for your rights,

You are Rosa Parks you can sit for your rights.