In her Silence - HK Masara (big screen ebook reader TXT) 📗
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IN HER SILENCE
Volume 1
The lamentations of the modern day African princess
H. K .Masara
To:
All the girls who feel that they have not got what they deserve in life and whose dreams and hopes have been shuttered by the various trials and tribulations they have come across and faced in their lives. This is from me to you to tell you that you are not alone.
Love
H.K.M
EACH GIRL IS HER OWN PRINCESS
ONE
She sits up straight and looks up at the clock watch
It is a few minutes past midnight
But she feels far from falling asleep
She lies back down and pulls the covers closer to her
As if they were her only protection against the night
Dogs howl out in the darkness and she feels alone
Who is she but a princess who has lost her roots?
A princess without roots and a history
Whose heritage she only knows from folk tales told
From stories whose reliability and truth have been worn by time
Princess, she scoffs at the thought of the word
Is not every girl entitled to become her own princess?
Is she not allowed to hold herself up in high admiration?
To look in the mirror and feel a sense of invincibility
But each girl has forgotten her own royalty
Of the sacred importance of her existence
With a sigh she closes her eyes and visualizes her future
Suddenly is seems so gloomy and fearsomely uncertain
Her fears of today hinder her expectations of the morrow
For a moment it seems as if she is at the edge and soon about to fall
She holds on to the covers and cries out silently for help
No matter how much she feels she shouts, they always produce a silent echo
No one but her distraught self can hear and sense the despair and agitation in it
Who can hear her and come to her aid
This is the lamentation of the modern day princess
Who has lost her glamour and charm?
Whose confidence and presence has been stripped off her by society expectations
Whose existence is seen not more than mere?
And whose royalty is undefined and exists only in her nightmares and at times dreams
TWO
THE music plays echoing sounds of warmth into her ears
The pains seem forgotten for a while
The music speaks words of understanding and hope
Suddenly it all seems bright and a smile appears on her face
The once dull features on her face now look peaceful and at home
With a relieved sigh goes on to the next song and at once all signs of hope and strength vanish
She frowns in sadness and remembers all the moment that brought darkness and despair in her life
She tries to think deep on where all this sadness and distress emanates from
If there is any peace in the world or fear of what might come tomorrow
Yes she thinks as she sits up straight, the fear of tomorrow
Will it be bright, will it be like today
Will dreams come true, will they be shuttered
Will there be excitement, will there be disappointment
Either way the modern day princess grieves and fears for her own future and that of the many others who share her lamentations
With one abrupt movement she removes the earphones from her ears and throws the mp3 player
The music that sounded comforting once now sounds far and it all seems helpless
What could have happened to the world?
Why has it allowed itself to be filled with such conflict especially that of emotion
Faces everywhere evidence of the ruthlessness that has taken over our world, her world
Who can she tell? No one, she can only look on in silence whilst her heart moans for today, for tomorrow
So is the fate of the many whose cries are choked in silence
The many whose cries have gone unheard
Whose misery has not been seen by the world and the many that have searched and failed to find
So what end awaits her, she cannot stop thinking
Her emotions conflict threatening to overwhelm her and her heart continues to lament its pains and sorrows
THREE
IT is amazing how in the twinkle of an eye
It can be deceived off the world’s wretchedness and ingenuity
How horrific moments are made to look desirable and the unimaginably grotesque seem intriguing
How one can be blinded in a manner so obvious to the world but yet concealed
The horrors of humanity made seem necessary in order to reach the next level of civilization
A level most fear will be unreachable because of humanities misconceptions and deceiving ways
In a twinkle of an eye it is deceived into seeing the bizarre as fascinating
The evil as a new era in human development
The unacceptable as suddenly normal
The traumatizing as everyday life
Will the eye ever know peace and serenity?
Will humanity ever pity it and shadow it from seeing the bad of this life?
Will the eye ever be relieved off its burden and protected from witnessing all the commotion and horror
Just as broken as a heart can be likewise the eye allows tears to flow free
To show its brokenness
Who then is willing to nurture it?
Or before it has the chance to heal it is being succumbed to witness more evil and terror
Who then cares enough to close them for a while?
Who then cares to give them time to glance at a colorful daisy, a chirping bird or the peaceful, carefree face of a laughing child?
Is its purpose also not for seeing the good and pleasant?
They cry and weep from all the horror and the blind man seems blessed to be relieved off the burden
Of having to see the pain and suffering of the vast inhabitants of this world
FOUR
WHEN there are a million faces smiling but none of those smiles directed to her
The sudden loneliness and rejection gripping her
When her heart has been trampled over multiple times she had become indifferent to the emotional pain
When it all feels the same: hate, bitterness, anxiety
When it feels as if she is alone with no one to tell but herself
And comes to see herself as only suitable to for being second best
As if she can never be anyone’s number one
She imagines sitting at deserted station for a bus that may never come
The conflicting emotions and feelings
First excitement for a journey yet untraveled, expectation
Then impatience, frustration
Until suddenly she is on the verge of an emotional breakdown
Tears building up, threatening to flood out and drown her together with her sorrow and rid her off it all
Better alone than with those who can’t and won’t love you, she thinks
Better be in Foe Company than with an ingenuine friend
No matter how she has been told to see herself as invincible
To them she will always be second best and nothing more
And that then leaves a gush in her heart and she really understands the true meaning of heart ache
She wonders if this was the prize for trying to fit where she did not belong
But is there anything as not belonging, is not every princess supposed to fit in
Finally after realizing no matter what she does they will not accept her
She fits in a crowd who welcome her with joy and whose company is seen as queer
And the same people who made her second best
They judge her, they scorn her, and they mock her
And say to each other in whispers
‘I told you she was not good enough’
As if they doubted her from the very beginning
She listens on and starts to think the same of herself
That even to herself she is not good enough
This is the everyday life of the modern day African princess
FIVE
SHE looks at the reflection in the mirror and frowns at what she sees
Whatever happened to the much high held glamour she once possessed?
Her princess hood has been robbed away from her
By skinny jeans and tennis shoes
Cute pink tops and rock hoodies
All immodest and unknown in her culture
No longer is she adorned in wrappings of fine fabrics
Of beads and bangles around her neck
Symbolizing her true African feminism
Now she is forced by modernization to turn her back on her roots
And thinks would it have been better if she had truly been a princess back then
When she was held in high regard
When true beauty was held in high regard
Her once adored kinky hair
Now hidden under wigs and weaves
Its once considered beauty now when they look at it wonder if there is nothing she can do about her hair
Has natural beauty become so repelling?
She wonders on how natural is now considered plain
Where has the beauty and sophistication in simplicity gone
Who has set it that her kinky is not worthy of respect
Is it the same for all princesses around the world?
Whose roots have been diluted by society and replaced by its demands and expectations on how they should adore themselves
What has happened to the world?
SIX
Insecurities burn her and take her to the ground
She wonders in judgement, what trials await her
What tribulations will stumble her?
Is it a test of some sort?
Of strength, of perseverance
If she passes will all be well
How will she feel: triumphant, invincible, untouchable?
She does not want to love in that way
She does not want to go back there
Her life is a roundabout
Each cycle inevitable to be repeated
Finally she has the will to love again but she does not want to love that way
With a soft murmur she thinks back and feels a sudden sense of accomplishment
Has she finally learnt how to love?
To be sincere, to be honest with her feelings
But has the love have to like this
She does not want to love in that way
Will the insecurities ever cease?
Because she does not want to love in that way
It all suddenly becomes overwhelming to her
She shouts out and calls out in search for that which gives peace
That which grants the promise of fulfillment and serenity
Ultimate fulfillment and not instant gratification
Questions fill her head and she seeks to make an understanding out of it all
She does not want to love in that way
SEVEN
The sad reign of the beast called Man
He savages the earth, scavenging innocence
He walks in the plains seeking chaos
With no heart left Man sets ablaze the beliefs of their fellow
She gasps in turmoil at the thought
The war ravages destroying bonds
Of friendship and love
Family and relations
Master and servant
Man thirsts for power
It fuels him to cause more damage than good
More ill will than goodwill
Where is her place in all this?
Where is a princess’ place in all this?
Her innocence robbed
Her heart torn to shreds
Her mind corrupted
And her soul scarred for life
All because of Man’s wretchedness and treachery to their own kind
If they show such cruelty to their own
Then what of the animals, the trees, the birds and the earth itself
Are they spared?
She sighs and wishes the world was a better place especially for humanity
EIGHT
She twists and turns, sighs and moans in frustration and uncertainty
Her frustration slowly makes her feel vulnerable and open
All in anticipation as she looks at the phone
Just a text she desires if a call be too much
Just anything maybe a quick beep
To acknowledge her worth
To take away that growing lonely feeling
Her heart falls short of ease
Her skin itches in irritable uncertainty
All for the call that never was
The text that never arrived
The beep that never came
She feels at a loss for sleep
Why do all her worries have to come at night?
A day has come and about to be no more
Will he ever dial that number?
Her number
Will she experience that tickling excitement if he decides to call
Or all her expectation and hope has faded and left a deep rejection in its place
And the much anticipated conversation will not be as thrilling
She switches it off of for some time
Better not know if he eventually decided to make the call
Than stare at the phone and wonder why it is so
Sadly after just a minute she switches it
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