Come join me on this journey,
To a city called LOVE
Where many have tried to take me
One promised me heaven
And couldn’t even deliver earth
Oh, we shall do this and that
When in actual fact
He couldn’t even fend for himself
After I had picked two or three tabs
For which I hadn’t been prepared
I ran as fast as I could
Another one swore “on all he held dear”
That I was the only one
For no other could come close
Probably I should have known
There wasn’t much to hold,
Leave alone dear-
Anyway
This one loved anyone and everyone
All sizes, all shapes, all colours and all ages
With the expectation that I wouldn’t raise hell
Well, I didn’t
Neither did I stay
Yet another one thought
Kaching would do the magic
Just one date
One low-key (in my opinion) village date
And he felt that I was too expensive!
I sauntered away
Then came the super clean one
Sophisticated
And unsophisticated at the same time
Know-it-all
Perfect
Boy, this one did a number on me
I was never right
And he was never wrong
Paranoia
Insensitivity
Over reaction
Pride
Drama (Queen)
I wore the crown for all
And proudly took charge of my Queendom
A.L.O.N.E.
Then came the boxing champion
Answering back earned me kicks and slaps and abuses
Keeping quiet didn’t spare me either
It was like he loathed my very existence
And I didn’t walk
Neither did I run
I stayed put
Willed things to get to normal
Prayed,
Fasted,
Changed churches
Shrunk myself as much as I could
So that he wouldn’t feel so small
Gave everything I could,
Almost emotionally scarring my dearest little people
Convinced that somehow, it would work out
Afraid that I would still be judged
That maybe he was right
I was wrong
I was too loud
I spoke without thinking
I was too social
I was spoilt
I was raised badly
My father got me out of this
He came and said,
“Please don’t kill her
I am the one at fault
Let me go with my badly raised daughter.”
~ By Ethel Nakumicha
