A toy pink;
My daddy’s wink;
Mommy’s chocolate drink;
Was my world, I think?
But a man,
a grotesque, malicious
Petty man
took away all that
in a painful blink!
He sneered
with more like him
‘oh, little girl,
There is only one world,
A filthy world,
A murky zoo
With animals wild
to scar your life,
to snatch your toys,
To end everything
precious to you.
To end
even YOU!
Now that I’m
Withered and gone
Wasted away
With more girls like me,
It’s all about
right and left,
And different faiths,
Religious bent
to you?
When all the while,
Humanity sobs
Right by my side.
So, why can’t you just
All unite
And avenge me true?
Or, do you need more like me
To do what’s due?
I didn’t think that something I had written 5 years ago would fit into what is happening today. It’s a nightmare. It truly is and I don’t know what to say anymore. We just can’t seem to be able to keep our little girls safe.
This breaks my heart. Yes, we all should have united. Yes we all should have put criminals behind bar. But instead we brought in faith and religion and other bs. We forgot that a family lost their daughter. And that the tiny life was lost in the most brutal way.
Your words are very powerful.
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So tragic, Naba. Agree with every word. Sick of how politics rears its ugly head and religion is dragged into it every time an incident like this happens. So unfortunate!
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Sigh!!!! The pain we all feel is immense Naba. Its a little life that was brutally taken away, yet, there seems to be no humanity in people around. From news channels to the ones handling the case, there seems to be no empathy.
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It is really tragic. I have now words to express what I feel. The west bit is there is so much conflicting news from so many sides that it is becoming almost impossible to pin down the perpetrators. We are all left floundering in the dark.
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HOnestly Naba, I couldn’t imagine how prescient your were? Or is it an affirmation that things never really change and that this heinous crime of Asifa is timeless….? I honestly think that the perpetrators should ALL BE just killed one inch of flesh hacked out at a time …. publicly and their penises chopped off and burnt. All this should be done WITHOUT a trial. Only when such a horrible punishment is meted out will the fear of being put to death without any hope of justice ( this only serves to increase the life span of the criminals) will it perhaps act as a deterrent to other men who think of doing such awful things.
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” When all the while, Humanity sobs Right by my side.”.A powerfully penned poem. If only the nation’s leaders also listen to the sobs and act for a change….
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It is so heart breaking.. I cannot think of anything else besides those wonder filled enormous eyes. How could anybody do such crimes?
Truly heartbreaking, Naba. I just don’t know what to say. This is such a cruel world!
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True… I always wanted a girl child. But now feel scared,we would not be able to protect her, from this cruel world 🙁
Did you write this five years ago? Awful things were happening even then. The new incident with Asifa has been heartrending. There are more such rapes and murder happening everyday. The news is unbearable.
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Sorry state to be in and the pain is reflected in these words so well
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