32
How old?
How old? Someone is finally asking
With a deep voice
Not the usual light voices
Deep
Not because it was her birthday
Crazy how simple
Crazier how hard
People think about their age often
She didn’t
Not at all
What?
Again in a deep voice
Depth of the sea
Searching eyes
Almost a frown
You could tell from his face
How he found my silence strange.
Strange?
Loud silence,
Even louder when he called her name.
32, she squirmed.
Who squirms at that?
What is it?
You can tell me,
Just…
Just that…
32,
No husband,
No house,
No job,
No car,
No kids
Just 32.
“I thought I’d be dead by now.”
His eyes,
Searching,
Questioning.
“I… I wasn’t prepared for this age at all.”
A tear fell.
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Gloria Nyagaka is Kenyan and just completed her Bachelor's degree in Geology.
She has been a writer for six years now. Her manuscript is the biggest project she’s ever done, a modern romantic thriller, is in the hands of her literary agent. It is a book that expresses great female characters and the strength of a woman at large. She mostly campaigns against women violence and for freedom for women to choose. She also focuses on how great women have changed the world, Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others. She is a swimmer, a swim coach, a Taekwondoka, hockey player, and a dancer.
