The night was silent as a grave, sleep had departed from my blue eye sockets,
I twisted and turned like a dolphin in the midst of the deep waters,
Little did I know that the dark hour was fast approaching and the enemy was within our gates,
I could hear owls hooting from a distance, it was a warning that danger was creeping into our home,

A plot had been made to take away the life of my parents,
At exactly 00:00 hours, I heard a loud bang at the southern part of our homestead,
Within a blink of an eye, I heard a loud shatter of window panes, accompanied by a deep scary voice of a burglar,
“I have given you two minutes to open the door, or else I will burn your house to ashes!..”

Father didn’t hesitate, he allowed them in, they forcefully pushed him into his bedroom,
When I saw that all my siblings were in deep sleep snoring like young pigs, I slowly alighted from our bed,
I squeezed myself into s sack of cotton wool that rested underneath, and from there I had a perfect view,
Their legs resembled the stems of the desert cactus tree, i watched as they unmounted my dad’s tv “the great war” from the cupboard,

They clobbered my parents with the sides of their sharp machetes, demanding for every coin around,
Father gave them all he had, even the envelope that had our church’s offerings,
They made away with more than 3000 dollars leaving our house dry like the desert wind,
If there is a moment I will never forget, it’s that specific night when strangers invaded my father’s house!