BEST CAMP EVER,I WENT THERE HOLDING ON IN THE PAST BUT WITH ADVISES AND TALKS WE HAD AS GIRLS HELPED ME A LOT BECAUSE NOW AM ABLE TO MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE.THEY'VE TAUGHT ME THINGS THAT NEVER KNEW LIKE TO MAKE A VIDEO ON INTERNET AND MAKE IT LIKE THOSE WE SEE ON TELEVISION;IN EVERYTHING I LEARNED THAT THERES A SOLUTION IN EVERY PROBLEM ESPECIALLY ISSUES THAT AFFECTS US GIRLS...ISSUES LIKE TEENAGE PREGNANCY,RAPE AND LOSS OF IDENTITY.IN SHORT THE CAMP WAS EDUCATIVE AND IT HELPS US GIRLS A LOT. THANKS

I will never sleep again
the memory of my kind
tossed in the veld
haunts my every day and night
Woman girls on the way to a party
I cannot speak of what was done to them

panties stuff their mouths
open thighs slick with blood and semen
hands tied with barbed wire
eyes bulging in horror

The neighbors came to gawk at their sprawled nakedness
A woman covered their corpses with her blankets
In the sun for six hours before the police came

It was too early
Blood, blood, everywhere
mother hemorrhaging, the priest gave her last rites
sorry father, no hope for baby
Nineteen forty-eight
I was born a rebel at birth
I never had a good relationship with my mother.

I grew, played rough, was smart, had friends
sprouted hair, grew tits and started bleeding
By eight I knew my body was
fearful, shameful, dangerous
That year my brother got married
I was raised like an only child.

I love my girlfriends
they lift me up

Its good to have
someone
who cares
enough
to always
listen

The job
that man
this body

Sharing
Remembering
Dreaming

I love my girlfriends

2 June 1995
By Myesha Jenkins