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8 - Mother
A woman whom a child held dear walked out of the family overnight.
Plunging the household and boy's childhood an upheaval.
She went missing for 8 eight years.
Only to appear with a terse firm NO when asked if she would want her child custody.
He weeped and walked.
18 - First Love
A sweet innocent girl bid her young lover goodbye and vanished without a trace suddenly.
Pluzzed, and hurt for a long time.
The young learned about the girl's passing and her hereditary condition.
He swear by tears night after night.
He dried his tears and walked on.
28 - Aunt
A hysterical tai-tai chased a man out of her mansion.
Mad that he stood on his grounds for once and refused to take sides in a domestic disagreement.
It was an outright bully, he thought.
Threatened to repay the college fees owed to her,
she showed him the gates and vowed never let him into the house.
The man's respect and tolerance for the fiery one stopped at the wee hours in that fateful morning.
The money returned 3 months later and never set foot in compound since.
He walked on.
All these years,
the heart has grown strong.
Silent.
It deserves better.
It should.
32 - Not A Boy But Not Yet A Man
Despite constant reassurance and communications.
Insecurity a bottomless pit.
Never easy to fill.
Never quite enough.
Twice, the man's heart was taken lightly.
It should be treated with love.
Not rage nor threat.
And so, he set forth.
With a smile.
He walked.
A woman whom a child held dear walked out of the family overnight.
Plunging the household and boy's childhood an upheaval.
She went missing for 8 eight years.
Only to appear with a terse firm NO when asked if she would want her child custody.
He weeped and walked.
18 - First Love
A sweet innocent girl bid her young lover goodbye and vanished without a trace suddenly.
Pluzzed, and hurt for a long time.
The young learned about the girl's passing and her hereditary condition.
He swear by tears night after night.
He dried his tears and walked on.
28 - Aunt
A hysterical tai-tai chased a man out of her mansion.
Mad that he stood on his grounds for once and refused to take sides in a domestic disagreement.
It was an outright bully, he thought.
Threatened to repay the college fees owed to her,
she showed him the gates and vowed never let him into the house.
The man's respect and tolerance for the fiery one stopped at the wee hours in that fateful morning.
The money returned 3 months later and never set foot in compound since.
He walked on.
All these years,
the heart has grown strong.
Silent.
It deserves better.
It should.
32 - Not A Boy But Not Yet A Man
Despite constant reassurance and communications.
Insecurity a bottomless pit.
Never easy to fill.
Never quite enough.
Twice, the man's heart was taken lightly.
It should be treated with love.
Not rage nor threat.
And so, he set forth.
With a smile.
He walked.
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