I Wish I Was Never Born

The orphanage.

I'm an orphan, as pitiful as it sounds , it is nothing compared to how pitiful and dreadful my life has been.

My name is iyota, I'm a chocolate skinned girl, with brown eyes,my hair is auburn,  I spent my early life in an Christian orphanage,
My presumed parents had abandoned me at the gates of the orphanage in which I was raised.

Just like every child in the orphanage, I prayed earnestly to be adopted by good people who would love and raise me, for I knew not what it felt like to have a family,
I kept praying , as each day passed I saw most of my friends being adopted , I was already 9 and yet to be adopted, I grew lonely and sad,
But then on a sunny day, a week after I had clocked 10,
I greeted a beautiful lady and a man whom I guessed to be her husband,

I saw them coming into the orphanage, without thinking, smiled at them and greeted them just the way we had been taught to greet our elders, I curtsied, and the beautiful lady  asked what my name was,

   "Iyota ma'am " I had answered

She smiled at me and kissed my cheek, I shyly smiled at them and went away ,
I felt overwhelmed by warmth by her single act, I went away smiling like the happiest child.
I love to watch the trees sway in tune with the wavering breeze,
I and my friends would roll in mud and bathe in a small lake just a stone throw away from the orphanage, people called it the diamond lake,
Because it sparkled under the sun.

As carefree children we tossed our muddy bodies into the diamond lake, swimming like we had been born in the lake
We kept swimming till sunset,

  "Iyota mother supreme demands your presence" I poked my head above the water to see who had spoken ,
Its was sister Auma , she was the sister in charge of our welfare, we had heard stories that she was  once an orphan who was brought to our orphanage at birth, she couldn't get adopted at an early age.

As she grew older mother supreme adopted her to serve in the orphanage as the welfare manager.

I hadn't swam enough, I felt reluctant to leave the water , I slowly came out of the water and followed her , when we arrived at the orphanage, sister auma instructed me to go and have a proper bath and change into my nicest clothing,
I was a bit taken aback ,
"Why?" I had questioned

  "Iyota just do as I said, when you're done, come over to mother supreme's office, be fast, don't keep her waiting"  sister Auma said,
  "Okay sister" I cooed

Anxiety got me at its thumb,
In a rush to know what is happen I got ready in 10mins, I had on my favorite pink dress, it was one of the dresses people had given to the orphanage  as a gift on Christmas day.
I made my way to mother supreme's office  which was five blocks away from my dormitory .

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