Hidden Scars

ice are clueless. What's even more mysterious is that all the victims died in the

orld is always quick to judge without knowing the whole truth. All you have to do is pla

t away with anything while the poor suffer for things they didn't even do. It's just not fair. And what's even worse is that the you

ss of the day. Once refreshed, I hurried into the dimly lit room, its shadows creating an air of mystery. With a camera in hand,

le at all. My dad worked as a taxi driver and my mom was a stay-at-home mom. Unfortunatel

egs. The teachers and principal turned a blind eye, and even my mom wo

e. She helped me, even though I was hesitant at first. In my mind, I felt a glimmer of hope that I coul

not my parents and neither were the government paying them to pry into the student private life,but still they word hurts,as I cle

incipal, Mr Okon,came into our classroom,as we all got up to greet him. He then introduce the female be

shine,illuminated the entire classroom. I couldn't help but stare hard on her face before t

mile,still vivid in the present of all. As she proceed in teaching

le class gaze followed.I started feeling uneasy,as their collective stare made my skin prickl

she asked with a smile on her face and with worried in her voice about

e became irritated with how I kept repeating the phase "w

with a soft,cute voice I told her I got hit by

t got to lie. Seeing she had nothing more to say,she sign and said n

break,all students were now out in the school compound,playing and laughing. I cou

of those teacher who spoke ill of me this morning having a deep conversation,I

ire lesson she kept looking at me with eyes of worries and concerns,it makes me wonder w

r her warm smile and listening ear to everyone and went out of her way to support me,even when other

articulate my pains in words. Then one fateful day, things got really bad at home when my mom was hurt by my dad. I was consumed

of how shock she was to seeing me in this state,I couldn't even

dad wasn't there, but that wasn't the problem. I was paralyzed with fear when I saw my mom lying on the floor unconscious. My