Secrets

I smoke my cigarette in a corner in the bathroom; God forbid my father smells the scent. I mean he did smoke for 22 years—but I am female.

Why does he have the option to commit slow paced suicide but I need to hide in bathrooms to huff and puff?

Then they ask me why I claim Feminism is a way of life, it is a struggle to survive, it is a fight for freedom.

I quickly put my cigarette out when I hear footsteps passing by my bathroom door. Did he smell it? I light a candle and open the bathroom window quickly and freeze, listening with everything I am.

2 responses to “Secrets”

  1. wowkad Avatar
    wowkad

    This is really good.

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  2. Ne3ma Avatar
    Ne3ma

    They think cigarettes are the symbol of manhood which is totally stupid and unacceptable.
    Cigarettes are not only cancer or death to me they are a breath of fire and a heartache…
    We all think that a cigarette can help us exhale our problems away, watch them go out of our mouths then vanish into the thin air …
    We are old enough to do what we want but we are also wise enough to realize what is helpful and what’s not.

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