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BARTERED
By:Clement A. Chipande

I knew I was surrounded by inhumane perverts
I guarded my innocence with my entire sincere heart
I rebuffed snitchy men for fear it might get hurt
I sniffed every compliment for a stench of flirt
I did this for the dignity of what lied under my skirt
I focused on my daring dream to become a law expert
I knew it in my bones that I did my needful part

I was introduced by my father to a man
I was too young to grasp what he had done
I was forced to leave my parents' house
I was bartered away for two cows
I was bewildered by two 'Hows'
How could my own father have my bright future slain?
How could two cows outvalue a mother's nine months of pain?

I became pregnant before I even saw my first moon
I became a mother before I giggled like a grown girl
I bore a baby girl before I even got rid of my juvenile dolls
After expriencing the near-death agony of giving birth
I doubted if it was Mum who introduced me to Earth
I swore to always fight for my daughter till death

I waited for darkness to shower
I wrapped my baby in a shawl
I escaped cautiously to the shore
I prayed hard for Moses's miracle to manifest
Instead, I was grabbed by gangs in a rape contest
I knew, to most of them, I was the first

I was tortured
I was injured
I was bullied
I was humiliated
Hadn't they covered up my mouth,
Hadn't I been too busy with the terror in my baby's eyes,
I would have told them that
The monster I was first introduced to by my father
Hadn't only turned me into a premature mother
He had also made me embark on life extenders

Alas! Dear fate,
Had you only glanced at me with your right eye,
I wouldn't have been BARTERED off!

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