Too soon

At the dawn of a new day,

She eagerly awaits her fate,

Her sudden fate has drawn close,

Even her thought could not stop it.

Her journey has already started,

To make her a woman,

To make her untimely for children,

Her body soon to be ravished.

Her dreams down the drain,

Her hope shattered,

Her still voice cut short,

As she walked into fate.

She only 13,

Young heart,brave heart,

How could she stop this,

Oh how could she.

Her groom all dressed,

He 4 scores and 3,

As old as her father,

Her untimely departure into maturity.

She waited to scream out,

But her voice was cut short,

By the society whose view is insane to her plight,

Oh she cried,

Who will save me,

I am young and i still want more.

Her tears was unstoppable,

As she was carried away,by the devourer called her own,

She knew too well this was her fate,

And so to many in her clan.

Nnenna hannah okoh-metu