" I can't find the right word for it.
It just keeps skipping my mind.
Maybe the mind tries to deny its existence.
That was another life.
Just a 7 year old little girl.
I remember playing hide and seek with friends under the stairs and backyard of neighboring houses.
Every day....
There were so many games that kept the kids busy whole day.
But when some adult figure comes and grabs you from behind.....
Is that a game anymore?
He was my friend's cousin, a guy in his twenties.
We were laughing and playing this hide and seek when I felt him near me.
Some inner instinct told me to run but he was powerful and grabbed me from behind and tried to grope and violate by touching here and there...
Although ignorant of what was happening, I felt a strong disgust for the fellow and tried to push him and struggle my way out from his grasp.
He just kept on trying harder and laughing.
I thought he was just playing with me, some game that didn't feel right.
My friend must have witnessed it because she came to me afterwards and said, "Brother (cousin) was just having fun with you?"
I was not sure if it was a " consolation" or a query.
But I dreaded his presence around me.
I always wondered why he didn't do anything in front of the others and ignored me or forgot me completely when some elders were around. And why he sought a chance to find me alone.
Predator.....
I was confused.
Should I tell others? What will they think?
Will they stop me from going out and playing?
I am a little girl. I want to play.
But not the dirty games.....
Thankfully I had the sense to avoid him in future.
He wouldn't meet my eyes again.
A monster in sheep's clothing.
How many such little girls face the threat of violation and sexual assault from their acquaintances, friends and relatives?
I say, " quite a number".
They are confused, scared and ashamed.
Scared that they will be blamed for any immoral act, for inciting the offender.
We see meek sheep. But you need to learn to see the hungry eyes of the wolves.
They lure them with candies etc and the unsuspecting prey is caught in the trap.
Some are threatened with dire consequences.
Keep your mouth shut !
So many little girls around the world suffer such humiliation. "
It was just one incident that someone dared to narrate..... And I salute her.
How many will speak and lift the masks up?
The masks of decency and honor?
It just keeps skipping my mind.
Maybe the mind tries to deny its existence.
That was another life.
Just a 7 year old little girl.
I remember playing hide and seek with friends under the stairs and backyard of neighboring houses.
Every day....
There were so many games that kept the kids busy whole day.
But when some adult figure comes and grabs you from behind.....
Is that a game anymore?
He was my friend's cousin, a guy in his twenties.
We were laughing and playing this hide and seek when I felt him near me.
Some inner instinct told me to run but he was powerful and grabbed me from behind and tried to grope and violate by touching here and there...
Although ignorant of what was happening, I felt a strong disgust for the fellow and tried to push him and struggle my way out from his grasp.
He just kept on trying harder and laughing.
I thought he was just playing with me, some game that didn't feel right.
My friend must have witnessed it because she came to me afterwards and said, "Brother (cousin) was just having fun with you?"
I was not sure if it was a " consolation" or a query.
But I dreaded his presence around me.
I always wondered why he didn't do anything in front of the others and ignored me or forgot me completely when some elders were around. And why he sought a chance to find me alone.
Predator.....
I was confused.
Should I tell others? What will they think?
Will they stop me from going out and playing?
I am a little girl. I want to play.
But not the dirty games.....
Thankfully I had the sense to avoid him in future.
He wouldn't meet my eyes again.
A monster in sheep's clothing.
How many such little girls face the threat of violation and sexual assault from their acquaintances, friends and relatives?
I say, " quite a number".
They are confused, scared and ashamed.
Scared that they will be blamed for any immoral act, for inciting the offender.
We see meek sheep. But you need to learn to see the hungry eyes of the wolves.
They lure them with candies etc and the unsuspecting prey is caught in the trap.
Some are threatened with dire consequences.
Keep your mouth shut !
So many little girls around the world suffer such humiliation. "
It was just one incident that someone dared to narrate..... And I salute her.
How many will speak and lift the masks up?
The masks of decency and honor?
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