DIARY OF A NIGERIAN WOMAN

A CHILD DEEP WITH TEARFUL EYES TELL NO LIES, NOW GROWN UP WISE , WITH THE PAIN OF REJECTION DEEP INSIDE SHE CRIES, DEEP LOUD YET GENTLE, SHE REACHES FOR COMFORT SOMEONE TO FIND SOLACE, SHE WISHES SHE WAS DEAD SHE CURSES THE DAY SHE WAS BORN SHE YET LIVE . AS TEARS DROPS DOWN HER CHEEK FROM THE BROW OF HER EYES.

SHE GOES DOWN ON HER KNEES WITH NOTHING TO LOOSE . SUDDENLY A VOICE CALLS ON HER NAME BEARING WARMTH AND CONTEMPT ... HELP ME SHE #CRIES AS SHE STRETCH FOR THE SKY SAVE ME HELP ME REDEEM ME LET ME DRINK OF THE WATERS THAT FOREVER QUENCHES THIRST to be continued