Khadijah

in #poetry5 years ago (edited)

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There once was a girl named Khadija,
Whose parents were quick to chide,
Her crime you ask? She was born a girl child
After all she's been through, feels like she's nothing but an animal
Come, let me tell you her story

Theirs was a community that respected only sons,
The labour and toiling of women went unrewarded under the sun,
Such were the happenings when she was born,
But how could she know? She was not forewarned.


At birth, her genitalia was cut,
"It will keep her in check unlike the uncut",
When questioned, they answered in their defense,
Our ancestors started this tradition, so it's no offense.


At age 6, she was given out in marriage,
Oh she suffered, she suffered miscarriages.
This was her fate for her first 5 pregnancies,
She was far from ecstasy.


Then the gods smiled on her, or not,
She carried her 6th baby to term and to the cot,
She was barely eight, still a child herself,
Khadijah, poor Khadijah was out of the shelf.


Then came the smell.
"I hope it's not coming from the fruits I plan to sell"
No one told her yet, so, little Khadijah didn't know,
The smell was from her though.



She just came back from the hospital,
She now knows she's the one that smells like an animal,
"Was it a curse or ignorance?" She considers to end it all,
Why? Khadijah has Fistula!

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such a sad story.

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