Talented Yet Deprived

She awakes suddenly,
she darts to the river downstream,
sogged in the early morning raging storm,
to wash off the previous day's dust,
talented yet deprived she knows.
she milks the family cows after school,
she fetches water from the steep river,
she cooks for the family,
she washes the dishes each night,
she feeds her siblings,
That's the future African female Professor,
Talented yet deprived.
I must overcome,
she urges herself on,
education is the only hope,
she convinces herself,
nobody should think me weak,
just because I am female,
she assures herself,
For talented yet deprived she knows.

Seronei arap Chelulei Cheison