Goodnight Pain. "thieves, thieves" he
screamed, it was almost funny. Not until
more voices joined the chorus as they
screamed and shouted on us. We could
have ran at least to save our lives, but our
intentions were genuine and little did we
know how the day would end. From a
handful of young men shouting and
throwing questions at us, it escalated to a
crowd of angry mob. There was no way we
could escape this one, so we calmed down.
They pushed us around and then stripped
us all. These men pulled us pants down,
we were more than embarrassed, the
whole community watched, I recognized
few faces from the crowd. Obviously they
were so afraid to say "stop" then the
beating started, I wished it to be just a
nightmare. But it was real, these men were
determined. They dropped heavy rocks on
our heads, they pounded our faces with
large planks, blood covered our eyes, they
matched and kicked us right on our
bleeding nostrils, we couldn't breathe.
"Bring tire" one of the men repeated, until
they brought the tires. "Oh God!" We watched
the crowd watch us, we raised hands of plea,
we couldn't speak, Some hid, some shot
videos and took pictures. there was no one to
stop this. This was the point we knew it was
over. We felt pain, helpless and hopeless. I
thought of my siblings, I wondered how my
mum would take this. She would fall apart. I
begged God to hold her for me, comfort and
make her strong for me, I prayed same for my
friends. Then we started crying, we cried
together. the tears gave us headaches. We
looked up high, the sky was still. Rings of tires
landed on our necks, they kept hitting us, but
we were numb already. They set us ablaze.
We rolled around, tried to reach for each
other, I wondered who would give up first,
the fire burned our bodies. it hurt, it hurt and
then it hurt. But suddenly the pain stopped,
Then I couldn't hear any other thing, but
silence. I thanked God. the pain was over and
Gods glory was revealed. Goodnight pain. RIP
ALUU#4