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let me be a child

Suicide note

I woke up in a place where I could  no longer see myself as a woman
I could no longer see my worth
He took everything in me
I woke up in a place where being called names is normal
Where being raped is my fault
I woke up
I could no longer feel
I could no longer hear the sound of peace
No longer smell the smell of beauty
I could only taste the sweat and the filth
The dirt and the blood
I woke up in aplace where my father is the father of his grandchildren
I woke up in a place where I couldn’t run away
From being daddy’s little girl to daddy’s wife and mother of his children
I’m no longer safe
I’m no longer sane
I am an imitation of what I was
I am no longer a virgin
Let me dream big, bigger
Bigger than I am
Let me be happy
Let me fighter me experience the joys of life
Let me be a child
Let me be free
Let me be a child

(2013)

She tried to tell them what happened but nobody believed her so she thought ending her life would finally free her and maybe make them see the pain she has been forced to leave with

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