The challenges and fears of a youth

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A youth shares his profound pain in this melancholy prose that - thankfully - ends on a note of hope. The thrust of it is a cry for help that calls attention to the crises of Botswana's youth today

FRANCISTOWN: Some nights are better than others and some mornings and afternoons are just as I wish them to be. No day goes by without my wondering why I still stand alone like a lost sheep, and in my heart, I am like a secant. In my thoughts, I am like a whirling wind that has no direction. Most of the time I have fear.

I fear because of my insecurities, my limitations and mostly because of myself, for I am weak within. Sometimes I wish I was sentient about things and make those that I like happen and those I do not like not to happen. Due to these fears, I wish I could be sequestered from the world - from the pain and suffering that I endure in my thoughts.

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