Obey, A Poem by Melati

What is school?

My friends have always talked about that place everyday,

They told me it's a place better than home

I've never been outside of my house,

Let alone to school

They scratch these sticks to paper, 

Like it's some tree for a snake to slither

And what are these weird squiggly lines called numbers?

How do you know how many numbers is on a paper?

My mother only teach me to cook and clean,

She said I'll have to get married at 13

Is marriage a good thing?

I'm 12 now, it will be another year until I moved in with him

Should I get married?

My mother told me to obey my husband

Only him, me, and mother forever

Obey

Written by Melati, dedicated to children without education and victims of child marriage