(part-2)
On hearing those words from my own mother,
it felt sad,
it broke my spirit,
and,
it made me feel like I had no one to fall back to…
G0d forbid,
if something worse were to happen I shouldn’t call her,
because she wouldn’t have an answer then too…!
I thought about giving my brother a call,
but,
it would mean even more chaos would happen in our vicinity,
and our house would become a showcase in our neighbourhood…!
So I advised myself not to…!
On gaining some sense of the situation,
the sound of the tap running made me realise I was wasting water,
so I closed the tap and watched my face in the bathroom mirror which was right next to the sink;
And it was red,
like all of the blood had pooled on the surface,
and it felt like it would pour out if I left it unattended,
so,
I turned on the tap once again and threw some water towards my face and it burned,
but I went through with it,
and splashed my face a few more times and the burning sensation numbed after fourth or fifth splash…!
I remembered I should have some ointment in my medicine box,
so,
I went out after closing the tap and switching off the bathroom light…!
I bolted towards our bedroom,
and rushed towards the dressing table with the broken mirror,
And from one of the drawers I pulled out a box which had medicines and ointment…!
It had two compartments the above one had medicine and the one below had the ointments,
from it I pulled out an aloe Vera gel and gently applied it while watching my face in that broken mirror…!
It was a clear representation of what my life had been——
Broken,
a streak running down my face,
reminding me of what I had become in a marriage with a drunkard;
I tried to gather courage,
some courage to cook,
but I was tired,
on the verge of passing out,
so I laid on that bed,
which both of us shared once;
With a thick layer of aloe gel on the left side of my face,
I laid there,
staring at the fan and its rotation,
not knowing when my eyes closed and I fell asleep…!
I wish a daughter would never have to go through any of this,
but sadly,
This is a reality for many out there…!
Something we should all be aware,
and never be proud of,
A woman beaten just because she doesn’t give money to her husband for drinking…?
It doesn’t matter if it was given to her by her husband or if it was her hard earned money…!
Waakiye 
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