They talked about it constantly
It was a regular occurrence.
Every now and then you’d see a girl walking funny
And you just knew
She had started too.
I remember the day it happened.
I was in the bathtub, taking a shower
When,
I saw a spot of blood.
A blob of red in the midst of all that white.
In bewilderness,
I first looked up at the ceiling.
Seeing nothing amiss,
I stared at that spot for a long moment.
Realisation began to dawn
But I wanted to be sure.
I picked up my left foot
Nothing.
I lifted my right foot
Still nothing.
I sat on the edge of the bathtub.
What could this be?
Was this what I thought it was?
I got up to stand in the middle once more
Then I knew for sure.
Getting dressed,
I made sure to wear a skirt and no panties
Didn’t want to get them stained.
I went down to the kitchen where my mother was cooking
Quite calmly and carefully, I asked
“Mummy … have you got any sanitary towels?”
She regarded me silently for a long long time
Dropping the spoon, she wiped her hands on her apron and walked out.
Even then I could read the glimmer in her eye
Her little girl was growing up
At age 12, I had officially become a woman.
10 comments:
ahhhh....
I bet your mummy shed a tear.
Lollll - yeah i'm sure she did.
Wow! That was interesting. I remember I was 9 and it was the most embarassing thing ever!
Hmmmmm! loved it.
My mother told my father and they killed a chicken for my first time. The whole family found out because we had the biggest chicken cooking in the kichen. Very embarrassing. Then we had to talk about how "don't sit on boys laps because you get pregnant" with my father smiling. Very embarrasing
Anyway, Thanks for stopping by my blog. I am back and focusing on my poetry so the other blog is off the air for now.
LMAO!!! Sorry i can imagine it was embarrassing but it's hella funny.
Bless you
I was in boarding school my first time, probably 12 and as if my mum had a sixth sense about it, for the first time that semester she had given me two packs of sanitary towels when i was going back. It wasn't very eventful, I knew what it was, knew how sanitary towels worked and got on with it.
Lol at poetic Justice's story!
I was 13 and nine months. I'll never forget it! :-) I need to catch up on your poetry, I've had a quick look at some of the others and its all gold, as ever. i wish there was more of it though. *Hugs*
And yeah, I got the 'you can get pregnant now' talk as well. :-)
awwwww
awwww, lol
when mine started my mom was not around, I was too shy to even say it out...I eventually did...it's embarassing u know..and nasty too...but hey, we liek it or not, u have to go tru dat process
LMAO@Poetic Justice..y'all killed a chicken
lmao
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