Before
You
were
holding
me
down
through
heat.
Morning
prayer,
evening
gist,
In
your
smile,
my
peace
exists.
Come
With
you,
every
day
I’ve
won.
You
saw
the
boy
before
the
man,
Held
my
heart
like
you
held
my
When
life
tried
to
shift
the
ground,
Your
love
was
the
safest
So
if
they
ask
me
what
I
say
“her”
—
without
a
sound.
There
was
a
day
the
world
turned
cold,
Family
faded,
future
I
left
my
home,
left
it
But
Anuoluwa,
you
were
my
In
a
city
unknown,
with
nothing
in
hand,
sent
help
from
miles
away,
like
God
planned.
When
shadows
fell
and
were
the
light
that
kept
you’re
my
constant,
my
grace,
my
home,
Reason
I
never
walk
Through
the
years,
through
the
noise,
through
the
pain,
You’re
the
blessing
in
my
my
joy,
my
peace,
my
song,
Almost
a
decade
and
still
going
strong.
And
when
they
ask
how
I
made
it
through,
I
say,
“Anuoluwa’s
love
—
that’s
what
I
knew.”
the
reason
I
stand
My
partner,
my
queen
—
no
other
way.
Blessed
and
grateful…
cause
of
you,
Anuoluwa.
My
constant.
My
queen.
I
love
you.