She was sixteen

She was sixteen

The teenage years started

Physical expression runway started

The baby’s treasure becomes pronounced

I look around and see stares paraded

 

What is it about you

Everyone is talking about you

Is that all these applicants see a treasure

Or they see another victim for pleasure

 

Wisdom called on the street

Shouting with passion from his tree

The words of the elders you ignored

Now by all of them you have been abandoned

 

You are now thirty six years old

Now all the men say you are too old

Each time you look at your face

You weep because the beauty has fade

 

Remember when you were sixteen

A good home was part of your dream

Now everything has changed

 Begging for any husband to be named

 

 She used to be sixteen

 

 

Oluwole Ayinla (Mc.Smatt). October, 2012