Ordeals of the Wolverine

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                           Chapter One

 __Who were you before they broke your heart?


Whole and believing.
Everything seemed possible.
Little or no responsibility rested on her young shoulders
She hoped for a fairy tale and no one could tell her she deserved less.

Everyone including the books she read painted beautiful pictures of love so amazing she always dreamed of walking in Cindarella’s glass shoes some day and wished for time for draw neigh for her story to align with that of Rapunzel’s

She wore her smiles so bright that you could see her innocence. Incandescently happy with life, her values that were inculcated from childhood was arranged in an order that relationship was age appropriate. 

As she blossomed, her priority scaled first on her religion and then education even as she looked forward to a life filled with beautiful memories made with her prince charming. Girls would be wooed and boys would do the chasing. She had to be ready….

However, no one told her that love will keep her up till mid night, crying softly to herself and wondering if this was the pain Snow white endured and no one thought it wise to never end the story with ''and they lived happily ever after''. 
She should have been told that love breeds heart breaks and pain.


Comments

Gutsy said…
Can totally relate. You must be writing from the heart.
23 August 2019 at 19:38
christobel Ugwuokpe said…
@Gutsy it's the story of so many
23 August 2019 at 21:22
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