Lost Bond by Pinky Faith Okafor | One Poem Only
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Lost Bond
Pinky Faith Okafor
There are stories the world claims to tell,
Yet, we do not hear.
Stories of girls denied the gift of learning,
Who live through nightmares and are not allowed to dream.
Of salma–12 who watches her uncle close a business deal behind closed doors
Scrubbing the blood of strangers two weeks later was how she learned
It was her future which was traded.
Of preta–22,
Dragged into a corner by 5 boys,
Who walked away with her smile and her voice.
Now…
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