INDELIBLE

Good day to you or would I rather say good evening, because here in my country we are already in the evening. Some weeks ago a particular topic was on the lips of everyone here in Nigeria. It sent cold chills down people’s spines and all daughters were highly protected by their loved ones.

So I and my friend decided to put our thoughts into writing. He wrote from the male perspective of what he thought rape victims normally go through and I wrote about what I thought too and then combined the two. This poem takes you through the likely experiences of rape victims who are in search of Justice.

I have been silent for too long,
I have been weeping for a while,
Thinking about the misdeeds,
My mind filled with lots of pain.

I will slash your throat
If you say a word.
If you keep your word,you will have the sweet,
Those were the words that left his mouth.

He touched my skin
And down below,
Inflicting on me the blow of pain,
I cried and screamed
But all were muffled.

You shattered my life
Without thinking of the outcome.
I have swallowed words and shadowed voices.
I was drugged and robbed of my dreams.

Those years have been spent in tears,
I have spent this year with scorn.
Do you know the pain I have gone through?
So much thoughts in my mind.

You can climb a mountain,
And even cross an ocean,
I will find you anyway.
Those were the words he said when I tried to flee.

I have gotten to a stage of insanity and shame,
Lots of time, I wished I could forget,
But the pain and stain has no cure.
I must clear my name and soil his own,
It’s now or never or justice would be delayed.

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ADEDEJI ADEDOYIN ANN adedoyinannliteraries13@gmail.com &. BALOGUN OLUSOLA STEPHEN. olusolabalogun02@gmail.com