07/07/2020
VUNLABLE LIFE
Am just thirteen years old
A helpless young girl
Sorry, let me correct that
A helpless young mother
I used to be happy
Running up and down
Playing with my age mate
Smile and laughter on my little face
Until this fateful day
A day i'll never forget
When my parents made a worse decision
They said,child this is what good for you
They got me a husband
A man old enough to be my father
Mum,Dad am just a Child
Am only thirteen and he is sixty
They gave me to this rich man so called my husband
A man i didn't love,infact i knew nothing about love
Their faces lighted up with joy as they handed me to him
In exchange of money,money? yes money!
Tears rolling down my chics
Cry of a child that none gave attention to
What about school?i asked them
Listen child, marriage is more important than education
Pain,tears.. became my daily bread
Scars found a home in my body
I lost my virginity in this mans bed
My fruit bitten mercilessly by a snake
Today as i walk down the street
As isee my agemate helding to school
My heart breaks into pieces
knowing all that's left for me is forcefully grant my husband’s necessity
Now am a mother of one and expecting another
A calamity that my biological parents brought to me
Sometimes i wonder, in this community ,are there no childrens rights??
For i am just a child,with a child and expecting a child.
