On The Cliff's Edge Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

Full of thoughts
Sitting on a broken dream
A heart full of despair
And a bucket full of tears

She has a lot on her plate
Life is too hostile for her
She paid a heavy price
An unwanted pregnancy

Her tender age pronounced
On her soft uninhabited skin
She is too young to be a mother
Not ready to be a school dropout

She has to face her peers
With shame all over her face
She has to carry her dreams
As a broken piece of fantasy

She is not here by mistake
Lured by her rich handsome uncle
She left her virginity at the age of 12
Wallowing in a bed of roses

For a while life was fun
Enveloped by expensive gifts
She couldn't ask for more
She thought all was well

She never knew pain
She has never encountered loss
Her dreams were ever shining
Her sweet life was flowing

She made a deal with the devil
She sold her innocent soul
The mystique old lover tantalized her
She broke all the rules

That fateful day came unexpected
Through the misty veil of the morning sky
She saw her dreams break down
She saw the glow of her life dim

She was pregnant at a tender age of 14
Her lover was no where to be found
Her peers were sharpening their dreams in school
She was all alone and lost