I happened to find myself in a small village some years back, it was a new environment and everything seemed so strange to me, it took me a whole couple of months to come to terms that I was not going to return to where I came from and that I will have to spend virtually greater part of my life with this people.
I looked very different living among this people and everything I did was totally different from their ways of life, the truth is that i became a product of my former environment. In a bid to get to know more about the culture and ways of life of the people, I began to apply the principles of association, I began to make new friends who helped me to understand the '' Do's and DONT of the people, it was really an adventure to me because over the years i belonged to this school of thought that nothing good could actually come out of such environment, believe me i was totally wrong in my assessment and sense of judgment,I found everything here so real and natural, I had no choice than to adopt in respect to time.
In a bid to gain more knowledge, I enrolled myself in a community school in that village and i was very happy because it gave me the opportunity to interract with the people. On my first day to school, I was ushered into the class by the class monitor who to the best of my knowledge was the only cock growing as at that time.
I was just a new intake just like every other person, but the truth is that I came and reigned supreme, this is not because i was too good, but the truth is that the environment i left behind was far better than this, so the little I thought I knew came to overwhelm this people, some people began to see me as their little god, I was highly respected among friends, but in all these things, I choosed to be humble, I knew my abilities and i yearned to expand my scope of knowledge, i knew that even though i did very well here, i still needed to work harder than this.
There was this particular girl in class who was seated very quiet and I watched her carefully, I asked friends questions about her character and her academic abilities, they said she was not really that bad with her arithmetics.
Seriously I don't know what force attracted me to her and I began to see myself thinking more about her than every other thing.
I grew up not having a sister and i have never said Hello to a lady in my entire life, this was simply because back then, i was shy and timid, I was not outspoken. Day by day, the thought of Ruth grew spontaneously and i couldn't compose myself anymore, the smiles on her face and her cat walking footsteps if you ask me was simply made in heaven.
One day in class, I confided in some friends, I told them i had a love for Ruth and that i was seriously crushing on her, but the big problem is that i have never spoken to a woman except my mom and how do i walk up to Ruth and start telling her things that might not make sense to her, how do i tell her that I loved her without sounding so nasty and stupid, Oh look at my poor self!!!.
My friends encouraged me to go for her that i was a fine boy and that no girl was ever going to say No to me.
The week was almost coming to an end, i was adviced by my friends to write her a letter and that would go a long way to solve part of my problem, it was a welcomed idea, I immediately detatched the middle of my exercise book and dropped her something to read, since i couldn't meet her in person, I expressed my love for her through writting, I stated that she was the most beautiful girl I have ever seen and if given the chance, that i was going to make life heaven on Earth for her.
I was very confident that when she gets to read my letter, that she was going to say yes immediately, I didn't know that i was just on the pre requsite and that I have not yet started anything.
My friend James helped me post the letter to her since he was living close to her, it was weekend already and i went home anticipating a new found love.
I thought about what reply she was going to give to me on the resumption of a new week, I was very happy with myself.
Monday came, I got myself earlier enough to school, hoping to receive a good news, Ruth was always coming to school very early, she was always punctual and regular in class, but that particular Monday morning, I couldn't set my eyes on her, it was as if she was not going to come to school, I waited and waited, until i sighted a black ebony queen walking Angelically, when she saw me, she smiled at me and I interepreted that smile to be a YES'' for an answer,
I waited for her reply and it never came forth, I was worried if actually James delivered the letter as planned, I was greatly troubled.
I regretted ever writing her the letter and going to make a fool of myself.
Ruth was always in the company of 3 other friends of hers, I began to nurse in my mind whether she actually showed the letter to her friends and they advised her not to reply my letter. My life became misrable and i began to hide from Ruth, I hated myself for allowing my friends to have asked me to write to her that was going to accept. I regretted my actions and in the long run, I encouraged myself and moved on.
Love is complicated and wicked.
Ladies and gentlemen, as i write this post, Ruth has not yet replied my letter 7 years ago and I am still seated patiently in this lonely place for her reply, but until then, she still remains