The orphan

The orphan

A Poem by Victory H. Izevbekhai



Moonlight is up
The stars are smiling
But he's up, never sleeping
He's mind is caked up
Filled, uneasy
He ups from the bed
Goes to the corner
Crouches and mops
"Where is she?
Where's my mother?
Where's the woman who left me under
That cold tunnel?"
He sobs, he mutters
Down his spine goes a cold shudder.
"Now where's the clown,
Where's the man
Who thinks raping girls is all he gets?
I swear, the earth
This very same ground
Will open its mouth
And eat him, yes!"
Deep in tears
He rages on
He's heated up
But he falls a-moping
Illegitimate, he's unaccepted
Cursed and scorned
For a crime he never committed.
Who asks to be born?
Who asks to come forth
From a raped mum
And then left abandoned?
Left to survive against all odds.
"Oh blessed moon,
Keep me company.
Though am fallen
I'm arising
Out of these ashes
Like a Phoenix.
It's a rebirth,
A golden feeling
Twill soon be morning
Fader goes my mourning."

© 2017 Victory H. Izevbekhai


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Added on January 28, 2017
Last Updated on January 28, 2017