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Short poem on how a single young mother feels.
Sitting in the cold, unable to feel the breeze against my skin-
a silent sign that something's not right within.
But I don't care. All I want is to be alright.
I thought I found the one, the love I could trust,
but instead, they called me names that weren't mine to bear-
a liar, a cheat, a fake.
They fooled me, starved me even when they were the reason I had nothing.
Now, I stand at a crossroad, unsure what to do-
I cannot die, I must live,
for I have a child depending on me.
I won't let her grow up motherless like I did.
I have to be strong, for her, for us.
Hunger gnaws at me still,
but I breastfeed my child despite the emptiness inside.
It's not her fault I'm hungry-
it's mine alone.
My child is no mistake.
She is my reason to keep going, my light in the dark.
I have to survive.
I need to wake from this nightmare.
I have to live my life,
I have to be...
I just have to stay alive.
So, wake up every morning, nurse my baby,
take her to the daycare center, then go to work-
put on a mask, fake being happy,
smile through the cracks that no one sees.
Inside, the pain still lingers,
a heavy weight pressing down on my chest.
Loneliness wraps around me like a cold fog,
but I swallow it down, because I have to be strong.
I watch other mothers laugh with their children,
and wonder if they see the storm behind my eyes.
No one knows the nights I lie awake,
wondering if I'm enough, if I can carry on.
Every step feels like walking on broken glass,
yet I move forward, for her-my only reason,
the tiny hand that clings to mine,
the soft breath that tells me to keep fighting.
Sometimes I cry in silence,
letting the tears fall only when she's asleep,
so she never knows the battles I face,
so she can believe the world is safe and kind.
But beneath it all, I hold onto hope-
that one day, this pain will fade,
that one day, I'll rise beyond this shadow,
and my child will know a mother who never gave up.
Until then, I breathe, I endure, I love-
because even in the darkest nights,
I have to stay alive.
Once upon a time, there were two kingdoms once at peace. The kingdom of Salem and the kingdom of Mombana... Until the day, the king of Mombana passed away and a new monarch took over, Prince Cone. Prince Cone, has always been hungry for more power and more and more. After his coronation, he attacked Salem. The attack was so unexpected, Salem never prepared for it. They were caught off guard. The king and Queen was killed, the prince was taken into slavery. The people of Salem that survived the war was enslaved, their land taken from them. Their women were made sex slaves. They lost everything, including their land. Evil befall the land of Salem in form of Prince Cone, and the prince of Salem in his slavery was filled with so much rage. The prince of Salem, Prince Lucien swore revenge. 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 Ten years later, thirty-years old Lucien and his people raided a coup and escaped slavery. They went into hiding and recuperated. They trained day and night under the leadership of the fearless and cold Lucien who was driven with everything in him to get back their land, and take Mombana land too. It took them five years before they ambushed and attacked Mombana. They killed Prince Cone and reclaimed everything. As they screamed out their victory, Lucien's eyes found and pinned the proud princess of Mombana. Princess Danika. The daughter of Prince Cone. As Lucien stared at her with the coldest eyes anyone can ever possess, he felt victory for the first time. He walked to the princess with the slave collar he'd won for ten years rattling in his hand as he walked. He reached close to her and with a swift movement, he collared her neck. Then, he tilted her chin up, staring into the bluest eyes and the most beautiful face ever created, he gave her a cold smile. "You are my acquisition. My slave. My sex slave. My property. I will pay you in spades, everything you and your father ever did to me and my people." He stated curtly. Pure hatred, coldness and victory was the only emotion on his face. .
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