Wednesday 12 October 2016

HEY, LITTLE GIRL!!!

Hey, little girl!


How beautiful and intelligent you're becoming by the day.
look at you and am in admiration of the teenage girl you are becoming
And it gives me so much confidence in the woman you will become.




Hey, little girl
see how you stare at YOU in the mirror.
I also know how beautiful and confident you feel afterwards
Oh yes, I doonce took such long stares. 
Adjusting and readjusting just to get my peers' approval.
Then the "show off" begins.

But, hey little girl!
Now is not the time for the show off.
Please ignore your friends if they say otherwise
And avoid the Social media lies likewise

Little girlknow you notice the winks and hear the "catcalls"...
And you so much delight in the love notes and the sweet talks...
besides, mum and dad never use such words...
Or simply tell you how beautiful you are and how much you are adored...
It's a lot harder getting them from your siblings, all they call you is ugly and dull

But, sweet little girl, that's because they don't know better...
And don't think the boys are wiser...
...Whistling, catcalling, winking and writing sweet-empty-nothings

So little girl,
If you would listen to me, will say "RUN from these boys
Including the likes of uncle Matthew, they are only after your innocence." 
Trust me, little girl, there is nothing beautiful about "stolen innocence."

If you will avoid Rosie, Tara and Gladys.
And get closer to Chioma, Tola and Eunice. 
Boys like Philip and Thomas will call you names like "naive, mummy's girl and childish" 
But not to worry, Boys like Ephraim, Joseph and Tobi will stand up for you.
If you will study NOW and HARD, your grades will improve too.

And maybe, mum and dad will give you those hugs you crave for.
The encouraging words you need will come too.
Just maybe
If not, maybe your siblings will call you better names like "efiwe, bookworm, smart girl"
Just maybe
But even if they don't, the world will celebrate you.

Because little girl,
You are beautiful.
You are smart.
You are not an object of sexual pleasure.
You deserve quality education
You deserve to live in an atmosphere of love not hawking on the street
You deserve constant words of affirmation

 Hey, Little girl!
You can be ANYTHING you want. 
And because you are SPECIAL in BEAUTIFUL way,
I join the rest of the world to celebrate you today.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD
To all the beautiful girls in my life and around the world.

@Chichi Ogbonnaya
#Aforcetoreckonwith

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