1
sometimes, you walk like the flapping udder of a cow
because you’re tired
too tired of being in a home that hurts like hell because of your father
2
as a toddler, “baba” was the next best word on your tongue after “mama”
the word made the sun shine in your eyes
but to say “baba” now tastes like burning bitterness
for he has punched too many holes in your life
because he claims you’re a photocopy of your late mother
how can a man that welcomed you into the warm embrace of his arms
now forces you into the cold, crushing embrace of his thighs?
3
they tell you to move on with punctuations of pity on their faces
you’re not the only one with a rapist father
but you don’t even understand what moving on means
you only know that the ship of your feet is sinking
in the sea of your father’s semen
4
so many times
you imagine yourself hanging in the open embrace of the ceiling fan in your sitting room
like you have seen in a number of nollywood movies
with the lasso squeezing out your father’s fluid that has clogged your throat and thought
you just wish to be free
5
you don’t wish for so many things
you wish not to be this girl you are now
a 12-year old girl that has carried the world in the creek of her thighs
all you really wish for is to be a happy girl in a happy family
but life here is a wasteland of wishes…
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amazing pictures.. love this..
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So beautiful.
This piece evoke so many heart wrenching feelings. Also love the choice of words and how clearly it portrays the images intended.