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Refugee Poem

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The Refugee
 
I suffered.               
From violence
And discrimination.                                
Fear in children’s eyes                            
Tearing my heart.   
 
I anguished                        
Brain tortured,
Heart bleeding
guts screaming.
Not daring.
 
I thirsted.                      
For trust given, received.                            
I hungered.                                
For freedom                                
to come, to go.                                
to be.
 
I journeyed   
Hope kindled   
For hunger appeased,
thirst quenched
identity re-captured.   
 
I waited.                           
Weeks, months, years,
hope dimmed,
dreams fading,
children’s non-future.
Charity’s waif
 
I dreamt.                                     
Of joy, happiness,                            
peaceful companionship                                        
children everywhere                            
vibrant with life.
 
I wait.

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