Nkko, restrained by thick rotten iron chains, locked on his neck, he had been dragged all his life, bullied, pushed around, deceived, disappointed, an experience he promised to put to an end.
Nature laughed at him and his chained compatriots as they where dragged along a forest path. With pain deep in their voice, they sang a song of freedom.
freedom freedom
Free we shall be,
Forever we shall
Always be free.
Escorted by masked men, you might call masquerades, dressed in pitch black outfits, they whipped Nkko and his compatriots as they laughed at their pain.
They also sang a song in reply,
bondage bondage
Opressed you shall be,
Opressed you shall
Always be.
They got to the middle of the Forest, where their chains where taken off. cowards took the opportunity to flee, but Nkko stood stand fast. "So you think you can be free" one of the masquerades whispered in nkoo's ear", "I know I will be free" Nkko replied.
Dressed in rags, they were all forced to lie face first to the ground, exactly midnight . Nkko noticed they where at the top of a hill, there was no escape, he had to endure to be free.
Amongst the masquerades, a red and white one emerged, one looking friendly and the other evil. The white masquerade moved around the oppressed simply asking why they where there, he demanded for tangible reasons to back up their courage. "Why are you here? " he kept on asking.
The Red masquerade kept on whipping the oppressed, not giving them a chance to reply the question asked.
Hours later Nkko and his companions where asked to get up, with bruises and injuries all over their body, they where given white overalls to wear. Afterwards they where told to crawl like dogs under the legs of the masquerades till they got to an open space where no trees where gathered.
The masquerades removed their outfits, "they where normal humans like them" Nkko and his companions thought. They formed a circle around the oppressed as they sang a son
Freedom they seek
Freedom we shall
Give, but a price they
Shall pay.
Pricked on the thumb, they where all told to kneel and suck on the cut, now dressed in clean and honorable cloths they where asked to pick a new name, a name with a great meaning and past. This was going to be their identity from then on.
Nkko and his companions where all asked to stand one by one and introduce themselves in their new identity with authority and a loud voice.
They where all free at last.
THE END….
I was inspired to write this short story, through a dream I had last night. I know it's not perfect but I pray you enjoy it.
OPEN A DOOR IN YOUR IMAGINATION AND I WILL WALK THROUGH IT……….
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