THINGS I WISHED MY MOTHER WARNED ME ABOUT.CHAPTER TWO; FRIENDS.

 
  Maami told me they were like butterflies. Some had beautiful colours,some were enchanters while some were just the colour of the earth. She told me to love, to trust, to support and be good to whoever I called a friend.
And to be honest I did.
I loved.
I supported,I respected and broke my back for friends.

  But why didn't Maami tell me it was never going to be enough? Maami,another dagger you have plunged into my soul. Why didn't you warn me about the green eyed friends? You told me I could not walk alone. My path must be shaped by people and I .
But I wonder if it was path shaping that made aunty Laide to climb up your matrimonial bed to sleep with your husband.

     I wonder if those hurtful words Iya Modele uttered behind your back is path shaping too. I followed the instructions you gave me .Now blood drips down my head,bruises on my face. Because I trusted a friend.
A friend who stabbed me with no remorse.

    Maami I wanted to be the good child you asked me to be. Now the earth tramples down on me.
Maami I wished you didn't ask me to trust ,ask me to love. I swear I am going to be brutal, selfish and cold.
I am going to hurt them first. Have their head for supper and drink their blood like wine.
Maami I don't desire to be like you.
 

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