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The Run Away Bride

Motionless she walked down the alley With two bullets in her hearts. In the shadow of her past, Her soul was dark and red. I think i saw her ran in to the garden With a vase of flowers in her hands Then she threw her wedding ring in the flower bed. I think i saw her crying heavily in the street, the white gown blasphemy behind her and the veil cursed her face. Her face was rough, swollen like a boil, No fashionable make upon her face then Her heart pounding heavily like An ikoro ready to explode. Is she aware of the proposed marriage? Was she told about her husband to be or Was she forced into the marriage? She is just too young to marry To experience the pains of marriage. Motherhood may not be a better experience to her. Dont break the law She is a girlchild. Put her not in a family way the Night is still too young and not old for her. Help nurture that lovely body which the creator Adorned her with and push her not into the lions den. She had been raped severally Left naked and battered under the sun. The love which she is being forced into Would looked nothing less than a battle field to her. Send her to school she needs it. Education would cave her future and make her better Restructure her lost memories and give her hope. speak against girlchild marriage Defend womanhood and girehood. They are part of us our world Dot discriminate the woman hood because they make our existence possible . Women are our world, no woman no world.

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