Worth Waiting For
I wrote this from an unusual prompt. A LinkedIn post by a creator in Nigeria setting up a story where men have to fight to win their brides.
they will fight over me as it has been
since my tribe has had a memory
and he will be strong and brash and will best the others
and that man will be worthy of me
so say the elders and shaman
but in the hidden places of my heart
I do not want the man who is superior
in plainly winnable ways
While I am a prize worth fighting for
I am not a prize any man can claim or win
for a heart is only truly happy when it is given
openly freely
without contests
without predainedness
it is earned
by the rules of the heart
not any prizefighter
and while this combatant will be my chosen king
I wish to choose another thing
How can a man show he has a superior heart
it is not a defined course you can chart
it comes in the daily ebb and flow
where time and again he can show
that he values me and what I stand for
he many not win the most contests
or boast about his conquests
but when that man wants to win me over
if he is true it won't take long for closure
and that is a contest worth waiting for
because the ultimate prize lies in store