Fire of Ignorance Should Not Burn a Person Twice
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Before she secures admission
Into the institution she
Was appointed the youth
Leader of the neighborhood
She performed this role
Excellently well that many
Of the youths aspire
To be like her
For she has charisma
And was a motivator to
Everyone of them. She
Sets the pace.
It was therefore not
Surprising to them when
She told them that
She has been admitted
And would be on
Scholarship of one of
The richest men in
The neighborhood in the school.
When she got to
The institution, she faces
Her work squarely, hardly
Socializing with people.
After her graduation she
Started working with one
Of the companies in
The neighborhood
The alumni of the
Institution from which she
Finished formed a group
But the group wasn’t functional
Members of the group
Want the group to
Flourish and they met
For deliberation on the issue
What all of them
Identified as being the
Bane of the group
Moving forward is leadership
They agreed that they
Need to change the
Leader of the group
And put effective person there
They were however not
Sure of who to put
At the helms of
Affairs of the group’s leadership
After series of meeting
One of the older people
Suggested her, because she
Has seen her lead before
Everyone agrees with her
And they decided to
Contact her for this
She agrees to lead
In her acceptance speech
She prayed everyone to
Work with her because
She cannot do it alone
They all agreed to
Give her befitting support
So that the group
Moves forward in the world
When she became the
Head of the group
Social media have not
Become rampant as this
The most common social
Media in their locality
Then was email. She
Identified lack of communication
As one of the
Bane of the setback
Of the association and
She decides to bridge the gap
Thence she asks that
All get a functional
Email. Though this she
Started communicating with all
She sends words of
Encouragement to all the
Members of the group
Every week.
Anyone with issues that
She could attend to,
She would attend to it
On the social media
Those she couldn’t attend
To she would refer to
Those who are older
With more experience to bail them out.
The trust that has
Been lost among the
Group gradually was being
Restored as people started
To have confidence in
The group that it has
A wonderful future for
All members there.
In the meanwhile because
Internet has just been
Introduced into their land
She was naïve about
Internet scammers and phishing
Quite unfortunate for her
That she fell into
Wrong hands on the internet
She was scammed by
Some people, who sent
Message to her that
She has won some things
Through random sampling of
Her email, her email
Had been nominated for
The award of $750,000:00
She considers this a
Rare feat, because she
Comes from a humble
Background and thinks this
Is a means to bail
Her family out of
Their position of ignominy
And deep necked poverty
Because of her naivety,
She did not inform
Anyone about this and
Had to travel to the capital of her country
Because that is the
Only place where dollars
Could be exchanged and
There he hopes to be put through
Unknown to her that
She has been lured
To the place so
That she would be duped
She was asked to
Pay some amount as
The lawyers charges and
Other charges before such
Fund could be released
Into her account, for
That amount in her
Currency is hundreds of millions
Gladly she was going
Following the orders and
The conditions that those
People were passing across to her
With the hope that
Her cries and labors
Would soon come to
An end after the success of the deal
After finishing everything that
She was asked to
Fill on line and
Uploading them to the sender
She never received any
Message from those people
Again. Initially she thought
They were still working on it
But by the end of
The third day when
Nothing happens, then she
Knew that she has been scammed
She cried and cried
And was depressed. The
Message she used to send
To the alumni members
She couldn’t send them
Again. She has no
Money left on her
She has to borrow money
To travel back to
Her base. This incident
Hit her greatly such that
The boldness to browse again she doesn’t have.
She confided in one
Of her friends later
Who counseled her and
That because of the group
She needs to brace herself
Up and dust the past
Behind her to be
Able to leave legacy behind
She started sending messages
Again, but any appearance
Of any strange message
She would back out
She has cut off
Some of the aluminites
Too because of the
Experience because those people
Were new members the
Email addresses of those
She did not have.
Thus, she wouldn’t reply their messages
Until she sees someone
Who could vouch for
Those emails or send
The email to her as new members.
When messages are sent
To her on the social
Media stating that she
Needs to pay some money
She would say, they
Are around again, to
Scam me, I am
Now wiser, won’t allow that.
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