He was 22,she was already 29....
A physically matured man at the time when compared to most males at that age,young and cultured in heart but one thing;very curious to find out what possibilities existed in this puzzle called life he was born into.
Talking about possibilities,he had a good chance because there was already a strong foundation laid down for him by the ones who gave him life.The "Ready button",need just be hit when he was set to quiz the world.
One possibility was feelings he would nurse for the opposite sex that couldn't be described as love nor lust as those are the extremes.Bigger picture,seemed to be catastrophes waiting to be recorded right from the onset.
Education was important,he knew this.His father had told him there was no better way up the ladder than to climb it from the bottom,no shortcuts he had warned him.
Trouble was welcomed when he ignorantly fell into the trap of this older lady.Yes,he was lured into it.How?One cant explain but yes,the end result was a Life.A beautiful girl.
9 months later,she would knock at his door asking to see his parents with his child in her arms.He was going to be the father of an unwanted child.He was going to be added to the U.N statistic of adults with unwanted children.A product of a one-night stand.
True,because the typical African parent/grandparent would deny such a relationship.He knew it was his,they knew it was their first grandchild.He set his eyes on her only once and disappeared searching for greener pasture.Time would pass,only for him to hear about the death of his child few years after.
My question/s:
1.What was he supposed to do...??
Do remember he had no connection whatsoever with this child,he had only set his eyes on her once and left home afterwards.He didnt know her name,what she looked like,basically no emotional connections.
Should it be good news in the sense that,he never wanted a child and now "Life" took her away itself or should it be bad news in the general of a loss of a child;his own child??
A physically matured man at the time when compared to most males at that age,young and cultured in heart but one thing;very curious to find out what possibilities existed in this puzzle called life he was born into.
Talking about possibilities,he had a good chance because there was already a strong foundation laid down for him by the ones who gave him life.The "Ready button",need just be hit when he was set to quiz the world.
One possibility was feelings he would nurse for the opposite sex that couldn't be described as love nor lust as those are the extremes.Bigger picture,seemed to be catastrophes waiting to be recorded right from the onset.
Education was important,he knew this.His father had told him there was no better way up the ladder than to climb it from the bottom,no shortcuts he had warned him.
Trouble was welcomed when he ignorantly fell into the trap of this older lady.Yes,he was lured into it.How?One cant explain but yes,the end result was a Life.A beautiful girl.
9 months later,she would knock at his door asking to see his parents with his child in her arms.He was going to be the father of an unwanted child.He was going to be added to the U.N statistic of adults with unwanted children.A product of a one-night stand.
True,because the typical African parent/grandparent would deny such a relationship.He knew it was his,they knew it was their first grandchild.He set his eyes on her only once and disappeared searching for greener pasture.Time would pass,only for him to hear about the death of his child few years after.
My question/s:
1.What was he supposed to do...??
Do remember he had no connection whatsoever with this child,he had only set his eyes on her once and left home afterwards.He didnt know her name,what she looked like,basically no emotional connections.
Should it be good news in the sense that,he never wanted a child and now "Life" took her away itself or should it be bad news in the general of a loss of a child;his own child??
☆Jubril Blaize☆
April 2010
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