The society is always quick to judge people. It never contextualizes actions.
I am a living example victimized by this conventional societal norm. Mugging is the source of my daily bread.
However, I never meant to be a community misfit.
At the tender age of three, my father left us for good. The rampant road accidents claimed his life. Our lovely mother struggled to provide for my younger sister and I.
We were used to three meals a day but as time went by, we had to put up with one meal daily.
Schooling became a luxury and I had to drop out of school to start working.
This made me bitter because society had betrayed me. It awoke the dark beast in me.
Being a professional robber was a reliable avenue to revenge to your these beings who could not keep their promises.
My dad's funeral was the event that gave society a chance to lie to me.
Politicians promised to educate me until I attained tertiary education.
They have vanished into thin air. On the other hand, my dad's friends who used to dine and wine with him assured us of their support.
They have never honored these sentiments. When I think about my relatives, I do not need a dictionary to give detailed explanation of what betrayal is.
We languished in poverty as our relatives enjoyed my father's savings.
I chose to mug ruthlessly so that our family resumed normal operations.
This is an activity that has been going on for the past fifteen years.
There is no stopping because society made me criminal. You reap what you sow.