Only One Girl

Raba is a Sudanese refugee who grew up in a refugee camp in
 Ethiopia. She recently gained admission into university thru a
 Mastercard Scholarship program. “I am the only one who get the
 chance to join grade 11. Only me. Only one girl. I will be very
 happy when other girls get this opportunity,” Raba Hakim said.
Photo Courtesy: UNHCR

Her moniker

Brings the thunder

The reality hits

Like a hammer to your nodder

As it settles in

You behold a wonder,

The glass ceiling breaker

Ebony go-getter

She found her eureka

Moment to the letter

She going to college

To acquire college

And fine-tune her soul

She may ascend her throne

When she knows

Who she is

And she's tamed her beast

And milked purpose from it

She's a crater

Forged by fire

In the navel of her womb

She can hold water

Cause she's begotten of the boom

She sees a future

In the paper

So she invented

A whole new level

Of paper chasing

And it's all legit

She dances with danger

Holds hands with a stranger

She's not been known to wager

On a bet

She sees education as a debt

To other girls

Wallowing in neglect

She'll have more girls

Getting educated yet

Here comes Raba

Walking thru the glass barrier.

Akpan