Torn, shredded and pained…
I cursed them all.
What pain is greater than such?
Pain which the soul cannot bear
Heart burning with anguish…
Thought my world has ended, because I can’t see clearly through the mist of the tears that besieged my innocent soul
I had been nipped from the bud.
A flower I was, tender and delicate
Attracting both young and otherwise
My presence always leave a scent
Like that of a freshly plucked rose
Or the fragrance of an Arabic Oil
Until I was nipped from the bud.
This experience I hate to recount
This sorrow torments my soul day and night
My chance of survival was slim but I struggle in between, and yes I won.
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But, I had been nipped from the bud.
What shall I tell my love?
That my flower was nipped.
How shall I tell Obiajuru
That my pride was stolen
By some heartless cannibals
Alongside the stream, where my cloth was torn in shreds
And alone I was left to battle with shame and sorrow… that I wished I were never born.
I had been nipped from the bud.
How can life be so cruel?
To afflict a child like me with such a pain
Anguish too hard for my soul to bear
Sorrow which had splitter my heart into tiny debris
Growing me into a monster
Yes, monster capable of murdering monsters.
Lo, I had been nipped from the bud.
Pride which I had cherished for years
Was gone in a twinkle of an eye.
Flower which I had tendered with love has been smashed by some heartless beings.
Waiting for that special day when I will rightly give it to the one who truly deserve it.
Fantasies which I had always envisaged had turned to nightmare, I am sure it will haunt me forever.
I had been nipped from the bud.
Father Joseph said I should pray for their conversion.
Sister Mary said I should forgive
Nne said I should forget and weep no more…
Nna keep revisiting the police station for feedbacks.
Obiajuru might hear it someday and decide to leave or stay with me
Either ways, I am struggling to be strong again, to look the world straight into the face.
Many things don’t matter anymore
I pray I turn not into a monster…
Because I had been nipped from the bud.
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