19
She was 19
1 when she learned to walk
2 when she could talk
3 when she made her first friend
4 when she would play pretend
5 when she began school
Expanding her brain with an endless array of knowledge
Beginning a life in which she had much to learn from
10 when she found a passion for art
11 when she crushed on a boy, sensing a feeling so strong in her heart
12 when her body began to change
13 when boys stop looking at her the same
She wished all would have remained.
17 when she had her first kiss
18 when she graduated
19 when she visited the post office
19 when she was taken and raped
19 when she fought back
Her name was Uyinene
And she was 19 when she was killed.
The article: https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/15/africa/south-africa-student-murder-sentence/index.html