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Bellamine Nigeria Student @ Enugu State University of Science and Technology
In Literature, Writing and Blogging 3 min read
HER STORY: I Guess The Story Didn't End There.
<p>How do you explain to a teen how to move on?  </p><p>‎Apparently, they don’t teach that in schools, so I flunked out.  </p><p>‎Life teaches you, death too.  </p><p>‎But I think life does it better.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎Mom and Dad thought therapy was the way.  </p><p>‎The therapists needed therapy when they heard my story.  </p><p>‎I got PTSD when I stayed in cars, be it a cab or Dad’s.  </p><p>‎I couldn’t have a boyfriend while my peers were having theirs.  </p><p>‎I could feel his presence when a guy tries to say hi.  </p><p>‎Is that normal?  </p><p>‎Basically, my teenage years were over before they began.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎Deep down I feel jealous. Death stole my man from me. Nothing to be done, I guess.  </p><p>‎I just wish he’s happy with Her.  </p><p>‎Deep down I feel jealous; the ground wraps and holds him better than I ever would.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎Oh, lest I forget, I started smoking too.  </p><p>‎Rolling blunts, rolling spliffs, rolling skunk.  </p><p>‎My excuse: if I could get high enough, I might see him.  </p><p>‎What? Don’t blame me. I was seriously in love before She came in.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎I started rolling with guys society frowned at.  </p><p>‎I just started rolling generally; rolling around the rollercoaster life set for me.  </p><p>‎And you know what they say: “Only dead fish go with the flow.”  </p><p>‎Maybe I was trying to be just like him.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎I just imagine how his parents are taking it.  </p><p>‎Our families don’t talk like they used to.  </p><p>‎How do you start a conversation after that?  </p><p>‎“I’m sorry your son was stabbed and shot multiple times because he was out partying late with our daughter.”  </p><p>‎It doesn’t sound right, does it?  </p><p>‎Does it?!!</p><p>‎</p><p>‎I’m sorry for shouting. You know how it goes.  </p><p>‎Well, I guess you don’t.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎“You lose the ones you love.” I guess that’s what life was trying to write on the wall.  </p><p>‎It did it in caps, in large fonts too.  </p><p>‎What a cunt.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎But what’s the point of all this? You get born.  </p><p>‎A few months in, you start to crawl, then walk.  </p><p>‎You get your balance and you start to run.  </p><p>‎You start school, you make friends, and maybe you meet your crush.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎Unfortunately, he doesn’t like you back.  </p><p>‎But mine did. I was lucky enough to be liked by my first.  </p><p>‎Long story short, he cheated and left with Her.  </p><p>‎Tell me, what did She have that I didn’t?  </p><p>‎A prettier face or prettier eyes?  </p><p>‎A better personality than I’d ever have?  </p><p>‎Tell me!!!</p><p>‎</p><p>‎I'm sorry for shouting again, it's just... My world's caving in.  </p><p>‎These past few years haven't been it.  </p><p>‎I mean, it's darker than it's ever been.  </p><p>‎Colder than it's ever been.  </p><p>‎Life's just falling down on me, like it's the summer rain.  </p><p>‎Who to blame? Wrong question.  </p><p>‎Rather, what to blame?  </p><p>‎</p><p>‎I just want to get better.  </p><p>‎"Get better, are you sick?"  </p><p>‎Yes, I am sick and I'm tired of this...  </p><p>‎Put your eggs in one basket, only for life to put holes in it.  </p><p>‎I walk into a room, it goes quiet. I'm tired of acting like the silence isn't deafening.  </p><p>‎I'm sick of life putting me in cuffs like it's arresting me.  </p><p>‎Please let me free, let me be!  </p><p>‎</p><p>‎I'm tired of looking in the mirror and seeing the beast the rest of the world sees.  </p><p>‎I can't feign blindness anymore; it's getting visible, even the blind can all see it.  </p><p>‎I can't. I'm just... sick and tired.</p><p>‎</p><p>‎</p>

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