Asake(a yoruba goddess)
Asake, had I known
That you have defeated the storms
And rode on the back of dragons.
Had I know you have broken bread
With infirmities and death
I wouldn't have mocked your one toe
Or till your soil with my blunt hoe.
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Asake, you're a mortal god
That reached the end of time
Broke the barricade, and went further.
You made the stubborn kings go bald
And stole the clouds from the sky.
Your claws are another myths
Of magic, sorcery and dark spells
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Asake Èsùowobàtà
You're an emblem of possibilities
I heard fishes swim backwards
Everytime you walked on the sea.
The day I met your shadow
I saw the sun rose from the west
and set in the east.
.
I have seen a woman
Whose name howls like the wind-
and voice rumbles like the thunder
Whenever men call their gods.
I have seen Asake, the goddess of fear-
and everything that speaks the language
Of fury, dread and terror.
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(Àsàké is a Yoruba goddess with strong powers.
She's known for her walking barefooted because
she has just one toe. She is dreadful and has
spent many years in the whirlwind according to
tales)
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