I must say this
before I go on,
telling the truth
is never easy, but
for all my fans to see
reality,
and for me to obey
the code of the walking
mirror, the truth
must be revealed,
and the real me, seen
Though myself surgery
is not complete,
here I go
though my body has grown,
and spirit surfed high,
there are many viruses immaturity,
I need to eradicate,
this is why I undergo self-penance
by the pen,
and be ostracised into full maturity
I always had this
laziness in me,
laziness so extreme
that it affected me
greatly sometimes,
these two revelations
are the exact reasons
why I feel bad about myself;
I was in class,
it was english class,
third term, 2004, high school,
I was a sophomore then,
one of the most terrible things
happened to me;
I wanted to go used the restroom,
I was extremely pressed,
but what I was about to
hear from the teacher was
so important,
foolishly convicted to my education
than the yearnings of my own body,
I sat there,
sweating inside
At the last minute,
where I realised there was no
more control,
I asked the teacher to
excuse me,
she let me go,
I was about to sit on the toilet seat,
to late...
faeces in my pants,
that was a massive disaster,
I took off my pants inside
and wore my shorts,
without any boxer,
I flushed them deep into the system,
it had been a stomach problem
for long,
but I didn't tell my parents,
I kept it to myself,
and it kept getting worse
Second disaster,
for me, getting up from
bed to go pee,
was a problem,
I would be so soaked in my sleep
that I didn't even feel
when urine was all over my pants,
straight from childhood,
I am not the kind of person
who likes to share things
with my parents,
so I kept it to myself,
after dealing with the problem
my own way,
not drinking water, right before
I sleep...from the time
when I was 11,
the time this horror left me,
On the 26th of November, 2009
the terror returns,
I know I shall be
the object of mockery
after this,
but the truth must be told,
though I have signed
my social death warrant.
By Kakraba Afful