Aloof

Aloof

She cringed in pain and fear
As she zigs and zag 
across the lonely and troubled paths
she wobbles as she is pelted with rocks
sticks and troubled minds

She Pants thus filled with dread 
as she scanned the fiery faces
Of friends now turn foes
Hungry for her pain
Lusting for her blood 
Eager for her death

Beclouded with fear
She longed for hope 
Clinging to herself 
she is lost to fate
even as she holds on to her faith
                                                          
                                                  A Dirge for Deborah Yakubu 
                                                  May 12, 2022
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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