Punishment Island 1920

Her heart pounded like the zulu drum She knew the tradition Her friend died from there when the sailed the boat and left her on that punishment island In Kigezi its like that The neighborhood is even worse where her cousin got married A pregnant woman is thrown down the cliff by a blood brother Its a tradition that was brought by the fore fathers Now maria knows what has happened to her She has missed her periods for two months Her mother is about to know Because she has a critical eye She knows her father will kill her Her uncle wont say the truth That he is responsible For the pregnancy Maria knows the stories when you are pregnant you are left there all alone to starve and die or a man who has failed to get a woman on the village will come and take you as his own He become a property and a slave She didn't know what to do who to trust this with where to run to she chose to remain silent and wait for her fate on the punishment island