Oh, man, @erodedthoughts, you're such a philosopher, reading your thoughts flow through these lines got a lot of things unveiled to me. And the poignance of this piece is thrilling.
A thirteenth hour would surely be crucial for me, I'll spend it going out with my little brothers, spending time with them, teaching them from my store of knowledge, giving them good values and helping them grow up to be outstanding.
They are born in a society where respect for children is little, children are seen here as sheeps to be herded, their opinions are not asked usually for even things that affects them. Very little is usually expected from them, theyre also being scolded on, or even beaten by elders when they make little mistakes, very little mistakes.
They are intelligent and talented but if someone is not there to let them realise this fully, they can grow up thinking they are fools and possessing very low self-esteem. That was how I grew up, to have a very low self-esteem, I still haven't completely gotten rid of it till now.
There's this thing Einstein once said:
everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it would live it's whole life thinking it is a fool.
Something like that. My chief want is to make sure my little brothers don't grow up to have low self esteem like me due to the jabs and shots from their society.