Now I Speak

Echoing in my ears,

Voices too loud, it took out the harmony therein

Years gone by, a trust built over time

From my nascent tiny steps, and now am fully grown

All that now a distant cry, shattered & lost!

The beautiful pages on which the future: my future was supposed to be written

Now turn and stained with the guilt of a predator and my innocence up in the air like puff from a cigar

Washed away in an instant like sand on the sea shore that melts like wax

Success brought me to him like waves hitting the sea bed; he had a constant supply of it, of us yearly

Nature, unintentionally crafted me, a piece on the menu that can’t be resisted. And while to the society he appeared like an angel with feathers so decorated with degrees, inside was a monster, a lost soul with a thirst, only for my innocence.

A two faced being, left to roam freely. To some they were prey to satisfy his urges while others were friends. The truth of which side you belonged only came out when it’s either the sunlight or moon light.

My choices were to fail or pass, graduate or spill

He had all the aces while I watched aloof in disbelieve

Who was I to talk to? About? Why?

He robbed me not with arms but with the power of trust & integrity the society gave him

Unfortunately,

The society termed him a saint while I was the sinner

I had no voice compared to how loud his profile was

Nobody believed me, nobody could believe

I left damaged but worse because I had to keep it all locked in

Armed with a degree, emboldened with the self healing processes over time

Now I speak

Not for me, but for those still blinded by the societal veil he covers his evil with

Justice might be wishful thinking but my burdens are lesser cos my tongue is no longer trapped by his clutches

I can now see light at the end of a once dark path