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THE GIRL CHILD.

A girl child 🧒 


She was born curtailed 

Even when she has the potential to excel


She was shortchanged

When she has all it takes to make a change.


Her society confines 

Yet she refines


Her voice has been dim

By those she can redeem 


She works till late at night

And she draws vigour within her might 


She is durable 

And she's perfectly able.


She shoulders the earth

Despite that her back aches.


She multiplies

Whatever she applies.


She's given a semen

But she breeds men


She's given a  family 

But she brings forth a community


She faces a lot 

She has lost a lot

But she still offered a lot


She's a unique being 

That has made human beings.


She's a girl child 🧒 

She's a woman  

She's a sister 

And she's a mother.


Happy International Day of the Girl Child!


~ Patrick Ekong ©

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