Dream Turn Nightmare

On a never lonely street was where I grew up There we played from morning till dusk Then we woke up neat and free, but back home laced with dust Slightly dirtier than those lazy ducks Our poor parents would never return early, that was our only luck I was sixteen amongst my peers average of eighteen Though bigger than my age yet my beauty was a big deal Loved by my parents and my kin, forget the fact that I was slim I was the joy and a consolation of my poor parents it seemed Back in school I wasn't the best in my class But you can tell I was treated with care more than a glass All the boys would beg to help cut my portion of grass I got the warmest care even from those considered razz Maybe not in flying colours, but my college exams I passed Big dream bloomed in my head and sparkled in my mind To leave the village and gain more education was the life I never knew how it would play out but I believed My eyes on some fine boys , yes but I wasn't ready to play If only Chief would fulfill his promise, I'd be glad Luck came my way and Chief came through Fulfilled his promise and ferry me to my dream land The gifts and surplus moneys was enough to let my parents loose grip I got a ticket to visit the future Promises made and promises fulfilled But I was the one in the dark Poor me, I was ignorant, naive but innocent Like a nut placed on the stone while await it's unseen shot Like a coconut plucked ready to be cracked I was, yes like a green fruit pinched and the sour juice dripped I was sold to a rich man old enough to birth me Dreams of schooling faded like the dews at the sight of sun Those feelings of fulfilment was drier than hays I was washed off the coast to the seas of no return Little did I know that the tsunami is still to strike Now I live to fulfil obligations Placed in the house of many rooms Caged in the space of tall brick walls No more advice but orders My bride price was paid unceremoniously Fed to grow in size and choke in mind The ambience bred a toxic me Wonder how sour my blood would taste But who cares if the fish cries in the ocean Torn in between my legs I swear a hole was bored Every moment seem like a new drilling Of course the blood and tears was the reward My ribs beg to crack My pelvis tremble every night My eyes socket have a hollow For once I envy those that cry on the street For I cry where no one could hear nor listen I am now a forced woman not in age but size The makeup could help lift my sagging face But won't make up for the lost happiness within Laced in the robes of fortune but I walk naked within Adorn with jewelries from the Caribbeans But the ears still lifts the rabbits from the cage And the chain still ties the dog to the same cage The money hasn't only taken me away from home It has taken home away from me My hope, my dream and my life now a daydream If only it could leave me with my voice But here I am mouth-sealed with a noble notes called money But my tears plead for freedom. But who would wrestle the prey from the lion's jaws #No to domestic violence #No to rape #No to child marriage #No to betrothing #No to child trafficking #No to girls trafficking Oloye Olufemi Adewumi *CONCEPTUAL FM. ???*