Mama, Dada did not dada maybe because you didn’t look like a mama To Dada II Mama, you didn’t need to mention Dada when I erred in any era for me to remember I had no Dada III Mama, I am not in anyway Dada who left you even when you were sadder so please […]
Tag: CHILD NEGLECT
You ask me if I’m shy
For me to mention this, I’m shy
For me to see this, I cry
And for this to happen I ask why?
BORN OF THE STREET
Abena thinks of a way to escape this mess called home. She looks on her right and on her left and sees her friends sleeping soundly. What is it they love about this place that makes them sleep without thoughts? This is the street. Girls die everyday without any one bothering to find out how. […]
NEGLECT
Tears! With my eyes, I scan through the contours of their stomachs And see hunger chewing their loins Filth! With my hands I feel their dry and scratched skins And battle many devouring pests Feelings! With my mind, I steal into their tattered selves And feel the whips of the dreary cold […]