Female genital mutilation is a crime and should be eradicated from the face of the earth. We need our women to be total women

With African beads dangling from her neck
The little girl's head is cleanly shaven

At a tender age of only five years
Mariam's private parts were mutilated

Stitched and infibulated with a silk
A small opening is left for urination

A grain of sorghum shouldn't pass through
As otherwise the fgm job was unsuccessful

Mariam walks with the aid of a stick
To avoid the opening from getting wider

Her two legs are tied together with a rope
As movements are very much restricted

They call this sinister act a rite of passage
But it is the gateway to torture and pain