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I sing a
lonely song to the moonlight
The only
closest company I may ever have tonight
I hum to the
echoes of the winds that blow
Composing a
symphony only I will ever know,
Or will
anybody else hear it?
Give me the
chance to obtain my biggest profit
A currency
paid in form of a listening ear
If ever I
have the capability to renounce this great fear
I am just a
girl,
A girl yearning
to be free
Mine me out
from societal detriments, and simply let me be
The girl
that I know I want to see
Will never
be so until you let me be
Papa, Oh
Papa
If the moon
is to turn over to face the day
How I wish
I’d have a road map to guide as I run away
Away from
the shackles of an undesired earthly eternity
To please a
society that makes merry from impunity
My hands and
feet you view as currency
You glare at
the sight of apples dangling down a tree
Ripe and
sweet for your remedy
Punishing me
to be lower than a slave
At the
expense of my only choice, that God gave
Mama, oh
mama
You are a
woman like me
Out of his
bone and flesh, your unity bore me
But I
wonder, oh Mama, while you sip your tea
While you
huff and puff your anger like the raging sea
While you
watch my walk
While you
teach me how to talk
While you
effortlessly chatter away with devious maids
Reminiscing
on the ransom you freely paid
I wonder,
Would my
pain make you shutter, or pierce like a blade?
Or would you
suppress your guilt, celebrating societal upgrade?
I’m not
grown up Mama, though I have to do so now
Stripped of
my valid dreams Papa, I give in to a senseless vow
There’s a
flower that blooms from within my soul
A burning
flame that seeks to light the world as a whole
The city
never sleeps, neither do I
My mind
rants like volcanic activity, I hardly shut an eye
Lest I miss
a glimpse of hope that could come my way
To awaken my
dead dignity, buried everyday
I see that
girl, that girl I know I can be
Beautiful,
fully grown and ultimately free
Mama, Papa,
you too could also see
If only
you’d awaken my dead dignity... just let me be
Free! Free!
Awake, alive
and free!
©namwano
This is a
piece written to cause awareness and fight against the menace of Early
Marriages. Every girl child does have a right to a normal growth pattern.
Stripping one of them of their dreams and ambitions by marrying them off early
does in no way bring any development in society. Join the fight against early
marriages- be a voice for the voiceless, as loud as can be, for there’s someone
who needs you in order to be free!
I see you chose to go the poetry way :-) Nice, Sharleen!
ReplyDeleteTesting the waters if I may call it that.... thank you so much
DeleteNiiiiicceee... I like that you are writing for a bigger cause
ReplyDeleteAsante sana... hoping to grow in it all
DeleteI like...keep writing
ReplyDeleteThank you
DeleteWow this is really touching dear
ReplyDeleteFinally something I can critique.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually good. A proper poem. With all the ingredients. Nice to see a cause on there as well. Try wielding your poetic license more. But this is good.
Nice way to put it :-)
ReplyDeleteYou did it again!!!! Beautiful, intense stuff
ReplyDeleteintrigue.... awesome
ReplyDeleteAwesome Piece. Deep in content and richness in the vocab.
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