Poor souls

The week was generally chill. Besides working, I had spent quite alot of time hanging out with friends and going for a few computer games. I am not a particular fan but once I booked into it, I got hooked. So to say.

There are two instances which are quite disturbing lately. One instance was a case of a mother who buried her child after delivering him in the toilet. She is not a single parent nor was this her first pregnancy. She hid her pregnancy for a long time and claiming she was fat. That disguise didn't ring any bells to the husband as well.

So, she just made it on time to go back her hometown to avoid all her neighbours who were nosy about her. The delivery didn't go well, and to cut the story short, she went for help. She was then brought to the hospital and she claimed suddenly she got a gushed of blood flowing down her private and a cord was tagged in between. Still she denied there was any baby.

For any sane human, who would have believed her. She escaped this time thinking it was a miscarriage. But sooner later, the baby was discovered buried under the soil near the toilet. The police was alerted and the husband couldn't contain anymore such nuisance.

He broke down, confessing, this might not be the first time she did so. He now realized what she did the same previous time when she came back with the same story. Now, she's in court, pending investigation. The husband is leaving her.

Lately I was shocked to find out that there was a death of a young mother. She was in her early pregnancy and she was just 19 years old. The fact that she was not married and had a 4-year-old child sent controversies everywhere regarding her marital status. She experienced a complicated abortion and the infection had caused her, her life.

Rumours starting to crop up saying she was a victim of sexual abuse by her step father. Not the first time, and the previous child might be his work too. She confided in her mother, ending being blamed for telling lies, etc. Her funeral was said to be a simple one, and nobody even cared to lay a tear by her tomb.

The neighbours knew about her ordeal but dared not to voice out because afraid of prosecution. Now, the stepfather is a free-man, I wonder if there's any guilt in the mother. But I heard not. How could a mother not listen and believe her own child but a man who barely knows her for a few years?

I am saddened by these cases because mothers are supposed to be protective of their young ones. We have been celebrating Mother's day, and most of the time mothers are the ones getting the most credits commercially. While we singing praises for the motherly love expressed to the world, I am dumbfounded that there are cases where mothers would even kill their young ones.

Perhaps we should start listening to our young ones. May their souls rest in peace.