We are the children from Teen town, babies whose adulthood hurriedly comes...
Dear concerned reader,
We are the children from Teen town
Blossoming flowers with soft hymens
Unripe fruits from ageing trees
Green leaves with adolescent stems
We are the children from Teen town
Wielders of giant dreams with puny hands
Clothed with shades of tomorrow’s might
To rule and to tell tales of our infant dreams
We are the children from Teen town
Casualties of the cold hands of poverty
Barter elements of parents for better life
Poor damsels bred for bridal bribes
We are the children from Teen town
Children with dimmed tomorrow
Nurturing matrimonial beds of grey hairs
Tasting motherhood with life’s infancy
We are the children from Teen town
Babies whose adulthood hurriedly comes
At the knock of teenage years
To wake up to ill-societal responsibilities
We are the children from Teen town
Called on to daily tears and shame
Commissioned to fears of life and its loss
Testimonies of childbirth complications
We are the writers from Teen town
We are children, we are helpless
James Ademuyiwa is an HND II (400-level) student of the Department of Mass Communication/School of Communication and Information Technology, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
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