ALUU 4: 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
fromthe 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 rolledaround, 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....