Monday, October 7, 2013

Marriage: It Isn’t Really A Choice

I go to bed with ideas lately
after hearing women speak through the radio.
The women on the radio are free.
I wonder if they know about me, a girl
who lost her smile at fifteen
when I was married to a man older than my father.
I was a child decorated with henna and borrowed gold.
I don’t remember smiling.
Time moves slowly
as I sit under the sun.
When I sell mangos in the market, I think of going away.
Now I have gold of my own, small pieces I bargain for
from the other market women
and bury under our hut.
I listen to the radio to learn how to speak
like a city woman.
I save newspaper pictures of dresses I want to buy
when I go there.
I will keep my head covered.


Nimo H. Farah 
Copyright © 2013

2 comments:

  1. That is so beautiful written. I can almost feel the pain. Thank you for writing.

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  2. interesting and very well written ;)

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