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The darkness gradually faded, and a new dawn rose. So much had happened so quickly that I had lost all sense of time. We started our journey to a safer place that morning. None of us spoke of the events of the night. One woman took her dead baby and strapped it safely on her back. By the time we were leaving, wild dogs had began hovering around the place, waiting to make a meal out of the dead bodies. We walked on, and many women wailed and screamed in hopelessness. That night marked the beginning of our hopelessness. We walked on, not knowing when to stop.
I regretted having gone to the ballot box. Life has many twist s and turns. It was very ironic indeed that we had gone to the ballot boxes, all so hopeful and happy for the country, and here we were, now homeless and hopeless, waiting for redemption, a redemption that seemed so far and out of our reach. I turned and looked at the woman who was carrying her dead baby on her back. Her gaze was fixed far ahead and she neither talked nor cried. “Things will be better soon,” she whispered to me.
Those were the same words I had told the little boy who had lost both his parents in the war. I reached for her hand, and we let our tears flow. We cried for ourselves, for the little boy, for the dead baby on her back, and for our beloved country Kenya.
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Mercy Adhiambo Orengo
My name is Mercy Adhiambo Orengo from Kisumu, Kenya. I am 21 years old and I am a writer.
Most of my writing talks about the marginalized in the community.I write on topics that other people fear to talk about, topics that affect us as humanity.
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nice david mbitu | May 1st, 2008
Thanks for making the world know about all this, its really painful what have been happening in Kenya, you are really inspiring, keep it up, its the best article I have read from Kenya so far.
great story! Kim Robinson | May 9th, 2008
Mercy, you know we love you in Amercia!
your friend, ' Kim
Very touching Rachel Cannon | Jun 22nd, 2008
Thankyou so much for writing beautifully.
For making us aware.
Inspiring, beyond words.
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