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My sweet elder brother by then A royal child he is to me
had now become a monster Will the royal child one
He spoke to me heartbreaking words day become royal?
whenever he could hear the sound In the morning he cries
of the royal child. for a meal and the only
”Bastard!, get this bastard out of here meal he gets is plain water
and take it to it’s father.” and white porridge without
Before I digested that, my mama whom any healthy dietary in it.
I thought could give me a shoulder to
lean on, had just turned into another Royal family drinks lots of tea
monster also. Two cubes of sugar and faces
”Wewe ni shetani; nachukia kukuzaa’” of glee
which means I regret giving birth to you Tea time is ten, two and four
Satan you are. Will this Prince of a poor
disappointed mother become
All those words broke me, pierced me a royal and true Prince to the
And even damaged me physiologically. world?
The time for moving out of that Oh! How I wish, how I wish
home had now come. I could give him the royalty
he deserves, how I wish
Rejections had become my friends He could get the taste
My best of friends I could say.
Rejection from family Of all these fine linens
Rejection from my age mates Which Princes wear.
Rejection from the father of my child How I wish he gets a
My world was indeed coming to an end. royal home, that Kingdom
Where Prince should stay.
Life has started now it’s me and
a special someone. Even without a king to
His name is Prince, a name of rule our kingdom; the
royals. Queen is there. I want
Everybody could ask why name him to use the power of a woman
‘Prince’ did you lack names for a baby boy? I want the world to understand
the value of a woman.
Little did they know my world I want the king-born to set an example to
The world of a mother who those women who’ve been thrown
yearns for a royal home. out of their homes.
I decided to name him Prince
to make those who treated I want the best for this
him like a nobody understand chubby, smiley, handsome Prince.
How much of a Prince he really is. Can anyone hear the cry of
this mother?

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