Monday, May 12, 2014
A cry from Sambisa
My name is Mary Sule
I am one of the Chibok girls
We lay in bed in darkness
And waited for sleep to come
Anxious about our impending exams
I have always wanted to be a Doctor
Papa had refused to let me return to school because of the recent killings
But I was resilent
I did not want my dreams to die
As i dozed off dreaming of white lab coats
I heard loud screams from some girls in the hostel
And then I saw them
The Men in Army Uniforms
Speaking in a language I did not understand
I was sure it wasnt Hausa
Sounded like they were
chanting prayers in Arabic
They carried big guns
We were all terrified
They told our teachers to lie flat on their bellies
or they would shout at them
I saw my English Teacher lie face down
even Mr. Musa our Government Teacher was face down too
The fear of death levels all men
And we were left to our fate in the hands of
the Men in Army Uniforms
They counted us and squashed us lie sardines in the back of the trucks
The trucks smelt of rotten tomatoes and cow dung
Some of the girls were screaming
No one came.........
My tears flowed freely and
they have not stopped since
These Men in Army Uniforms
They took us to a forest
Sambisa
They beat us and rape us
and force us to chant their prayers with them in Arabic
And they starve us, and beat us and rape us
Some of the girls have fallen sick in their bodies
But all of us have been scarred in our minds for life
I will never feel safe again
My tears have not stopped flowing
I cry for my life, my future and my dreams
I cry for my mother and my father
I cry for my siblings, my family and my friends
I cry for Nigeria
In the midst of my tears
I have hope of freedom
But with the dawn of another day in Sambisa
my hope withers................
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