Fè-mi

*Fè-mi (The Proposal)*

*Sister*: Fè-mi
*Femi*: what?
*Sister*: Yes you heard me.

 *Femi* : Why should you say such a thing, you are a respectable young vibrant sister and also firebrand, hope you know what you are saying?.

 *Sister* : I perfectly know what I am saying, I have been waiting for you for the past two years
I keep watching and waiting for day you would come up to me and say, sister, you are the will of God for my life, would you love to walk this journey with me?
Instead, everytime you come, you keep counting the ceiling, you keep looking at the albums,
You keep stammering,
You keep saying don't bother, I have nothing to say.
I have gone back to the place of prayer many a times but I keep seeing just you.
Do you want me to die waiting?
Do you want me to become a laughing stock among the sisters?

 *Femi* : But what happened to the tradition that forbids a Lady from proposing to a man?
What happened to all the proposal seminars where you keep hearing that you must wait for me?

 *Sister* : who traditions EPP?
Tradition! Tradition!
Tradition my foot, I know what's mine and I won't let you waste away.

Marriage seminar! so you can mention that too, did they tell you to keep shivering and backing out whenever you walk up to God's will?

 *Femi* : Ahh, sister, you should take it easy, I am still waiting for the perfect time ni.

 *Sister* : No don't worry, every time right from when we were still in school was the right time.
Everytime we walked home after fellowship was the right time, but you kept kicking the dust.
Everytime we were at the eatery together was the right time but you keep munching pies like that's the reason you took me out.
Everytime we went to the library to read alone was the right time, but you keep facing your book like you were really serious with it.

 *Femi* : But I can't believe this, I believe you are making a mistake somewhere.

 *Sister* : No, I am not, six times you have told me you wanted to tell me something and each time your lips keep vibrating like it's on massage machine.
And all you would say is don't worry, I just wanted to see if you were alright.

 *Femi* : but I was going to say it today.

 *Sister* : Say what? After you have already done all  your rehearsals before coming and your liver still failed you, and just now yu said let's be going, you now said you were going to say it.
See Bro Femi, if you don't propose right now don't ever call me again, don't even greet me if you see me, infact just forget about me.

 *Femi* : ahh, I will talk. *Sweat trickling down his head* ehm ehm
Goes down on one knee and says
Please forgive me for all the times I kept you waiting, I have known that you are God's will for my life for the past four years but wasn't sure you have also gotten the message and I feared getting a negative response.

*Wipes the sweat off his forehead*
Please Sister, the spirit of the Lord is telling me that you are my life partner, please I will like you to also pray about it because I have my conviction that you are the one.

 *Sister* : Pray kwa, me that I have been waiting for you like kilode, even this morning sef the holy spirit still showed you to me. I agree jare.

Femi stands up and can't believe he had just done what he had been afraid to do for the past 13months.

 *Moral* : The holy spirit won't propose for you, you have to be man enough to do it.

Brothers please stop wasting sisters time.
Stop using text messages to woo sisters, once you are sure of your conviction, don't waste anytime to propose.

This is dedicated to Femi Abowaje, the inspiration behind the write-up.

Happy birthday Bro.

Fè-mi( the proposal)
Written by
Adeyeni Gabriel Ajayi
Freelance writer