adekuoroye’s name responds to wrestling call
odunayo folasade adekuoroye,
anywhere your name sounds, wrestlers appear
some even call you,
“the dancing girl”
b’cos you find,
fun in a strength sport, like wrestling
growing up,
adekuoroye wishes to sprint
but a coach, akuh purity, tells her to wrestle b’cos ancient feet of wrestlers have roamed, ikale, in ondo, nigeria, and afrika, in lost epochs
so adekuoroye decides to become one, herself
so begins your story
although, many obstacles stand your way,
your eyes refuse to see them
b’cos your mind imagines and sees,
the day, the win will arrive to affirm your efforts
and as time passes by,
praises and awards follow you,
like an ant chases after, the spread of sugar on the floor
already 2017, the united world wrestling ranked you, at the very first place, at women’s freestyle 55 kg group
however, it’s in the 2022 commonwealth games in birmingham, uk,
that you show to the whole world that you’re indeed from the clan of wrestlers
at first, there was doubt whether you could repeat your past feat,
b’cos your opponent was also in the flesh of steel
but it was when, you summoned the strength to tap the back of your opponent on the mat,
that every leg stood on its feet with shouts of praises to your name
adekuoroye, your neck adorns with gold medal
and you give to nigeria, gold
many are filled with excitement,
with songs on their lips, saying,
“your hands and arms are not of ordinary humans- that nature has made your hands and arms with iron, covered with human flesh”
many still, are saying,
“adekuoroye,
is indeed from the clan of ondo, in nigeria,
in the land of afrika,
where ancient wrestlers
once uprooted giant baobab trees with a finger’s push”
your win fills many mouths with songs
every afrikan, shares in your joy
youngins who find themselves at the edges of life,
take inspiration from the wheels, that steer you on,
that they can also crawl from the edges, to the centre of life,
to stand with victory in days to come
and girls and women everywhere,
find strength in your win
b’cos your name responds to wrestling call
© Sedinam ® Sedinam
