THE UNTOLD TRUTH ABOUT LISA

Why Lisa? Why? I am highly disappointed in you! I don't know who you've become! This is not the Lisa that I know! Why Lisa? She has changed so much! As I spinned around with my hands covering my ears the tears I held back cascaded down my cheeks. I run away from the family meeting as shame gripped over me. Questions racing through my mind with no answers to give and no right words to express myself. I ran without looking back till I fond myself at the banks of the River Ibo, one of the biggest rivers in my town. Without thinking I jumped into the river in order to end my life, my misery and my pain. From nowhere I felt a hand grab me and pull me back to the shores of the river. It was my best friend Emma. Without saying a word she slapped me across my face. She asked what I was thinking and how selfish I was being my ending my life, but the truth was I wasn't thinking. The world had turned its back on me. Nobody tried to understand me. My controlling family, the expections and the standards I had to keep up with was driving me crazy. I lost myself whilst trying to please everyone. The pressure and the criticism was too much having to live up to the perfect girl whom everyone looked up to was draining both mentally and emotionally. Now that my secrets was out my family abandon me. They looked at me with so much disappointment. Just like that my life was over. Emma hugging me whilst I sobbed like a baby whispering into my ears everyone but not me. I'm here for you and I'll always be. I understand you and well go through this together.