Life Through My Eyes

What happened to us? As I walked home one evening, I noticed someone following me. My heart leaped, why should this person follow me, what is the person's intentions? I slowed down and sped up to see whether s/he would follow suit of my actions. I distracted myself so this person could bypass me. S/he did, I noticed how curious s/he was but in my mind, I could see him/her turning around any minute to attack. (it was dark and I couldn't make out the gender) I moved slowly as s/he hurried away while looking back. Could s/he be suspecting my actions and thinking I am the wrong one? In the past, our kind feared only animals and reptiles, humans were friends! Humans were safe to be around. If you walked the street alone and came upon a group of people, your safety was guaranteed, but today it is the opposite; when you meet a group of people, immediately run for your life.  What have we become? Back then, we would jubilate for a couple that got together, if you bore a c...

My dear human, the world is not interested in knowing how you ended up at a particular venue; party, meeting, church, funeral. One day, I went to a school religious ceremony. Our kind find it so hard to respect time, so instead of starting the function at 9:00am as indicated in our invitation letters, the function started after 11:00am. You can imagine all the hunger in the world for a few of us who were at the venue by 8:00am. We yearned until our jaws ached, lips cracked, so dry you would imagine some chalk had been painted on them; some of us looked sick all of a sudden, headache hit us. And you know, the headache caused by hunger does not leave one immediately even after consuming food. It takes a bit of time. No medicine besides food cools it even a little; keep your stashed pain relief aside for another day. Others got so irritable, one word and they would just flare up.  Anyways what this particular woman I knew nothing about did, was to turn to me, smile and lamen...

My twins ripped from my breasts Head smashed on a tree The other pounded in a mortar Life drained out of me Darkness filled my surrounding Woke up with a start... Unable to close my legs A pain sharper than anything pierced through my body Head pounding like it would split in the next second Flies buzzing everywhere Opening my eyes Several dead surrounded me I shifted a bit The pain bit in I sank back I opened my lips, Words stuck in my throat My lips so perched I couldn't lick it  All i needed was water  Where are my babies? Then it dawned on me            The events of the day I broke down  I couldn't cry I  couldn't  scream I lay there helpless Bleeding profusely All i wanted was to die Must wars take away our children? Death come take me Through the eyes of AYENYO Joanita