Yibanathi
Walking out the gate I am now shelter less. Oh how I wish I had a friend right now. I could be asking for help but I have no one.
Absolutely no one.
So where to from here? I have no clue. I will just have to soldier on. The first thing I have to do is to walk on these dusty streets of Umbumbulu and possibly get a lift from someone who is going to Durban. I don't know where I will go from there but staying here is not an option at all.The Ndamase's have been kind to me no lies there.
I just want to settle down somewhere nobody knows me and start my life afresh but where and most importantly with what?
Yibanathi Chiliza is stranded with no plan of what to do. I don't even have a cellphone to top it all. I remember when I once posted a qoute -"home sweet home", how ironic is this quote at this moment of my life. No one said life will be easy but I did not expect mine to be so difficult. I am walking with my bag on my shoulder near the road and I have to avoid the footpath leading to the village square.
This village is invested in people's business I swear if anyone sees me right now I will probably be held captive like a prisoner that has been caught trying to escape.
I need to get a place where I can sleep or not necessarily sleep but where I can rest. I am worried about Sandile who is living with that witch of a grandmother. I need to get a job or anything so that I can be able to get a place to stay and food of course but my main task is to get Sandile out of that house. I can't even begin to think of what Avuyile will do to him.
The road is so quiet since it is still early in the morning. The sound I can hear is my flops hitting the ground as I am walking that is how silent this place is. I need to sit at the mango tree that is near the road where people take a taxi or get off a taxi. I can rest there and probably start begging for a lift from any vehicle passing by.
It is only 20 minutes away from where I am right now. I am tired already and the bag is really heavy. I curse the day I met my ex boyfriend because I wouldn't be in this situation if it weren't for him denying the baby and I all together. I am finished at this point because all my personal documents are at home. My school certificates as well as my ID is at home so that is a problem on it's own. Running away has never solved anything but being in that house would not do any better.
There is a saying that says "God helps those who help themselves". What happens if I can't help myself because I really can't do much for myself at this point.
Taking a seat on the grass a few feet away from the road sounds like a good idea just to sit and breathe a little.
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Yibanathi
RomanceA 22 year old young girl who goes by the name Yibanathi is a graduate who is unemployed and living with her small family in Umbumbulu. They are a family that is struggling to make ends meet and in the midst of it Yibanathi discovers that she is pre...
