The Times and The Hormones

 




















How those little girls who used to play

in the village meadow

And used to go to the government primary school

have changed.

They now ride cycles to their high schools

and to the tuition classes

With a mobile attached to their ear

Chatting, giggling, loudly

And sometimes whispering softly

When they don’t want other ears to hear!

Those little girls are not children any more

The hormones have done their work

With the passage of time

Attractive features of womanhood have appeared

on their angelic body of yesterday

Those girls are not innocent anymore.

They  tell lies to their parents and

Land in places different from what

Their mom or dad they told

They do things what their mummy or papa

Don’t expect of them in their dreams.

These girls are angels no more.

The times and the hormones

have done their work on them!

Xavier Bage

Sat,  27 Oct, 2018