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Sorry to my inner child That I never allowed you to bloom like brave red flowers thriving in adversity Instead, I watched pedophiles bend your stalk and plucked your petals like a thief in the [...]

I want to be a child, I want to be able to sleep when it’s bedtime, I want to go to a playground Ride a merry-go-round, Run when no one’s behind me Hang on my father’s shoulder, Having his hands [...]

Dear you, I hope you survive The sudden segue of seasons And the soft stabs of the prickly barbs beneath your chin. I hope you shoulder more dreams than burdens On your newly broadened shoulders. [...]

If only the suckling lips will pause to peruse To think and dig the depth of the unknown To plough and explore through the unseen, To unlock that which seems hidden. If only the suckling lips [...]

There’s a part of us deep in our chamber A part that time and age sometimes don’t put to slumber, A part that eternally yearns for the light A part that’s wearied of the fight. This part seeks a [...]

I looked in the mirror and admired the pretty beads in my hair. I positively looked like a child with my Minnie mouse t-shirt, wide-legged blue jeans and braids adorned with beads of multiple [...]

“You might want to check this out!” Lydia’s partner who was still in utter shock had called her in. And when she came around, she realized that the woman who had been reducing the population of [...]

It rained grief in Idoani; the day Mr. Dawap died, and the longest, largest, and fruitless tree was down. Under the tree were lengthened wooden chairs, before his death. The administrative block, [...]

Remember, 1994, the year of the butcher bird With numerous irons, disjointed from their ores Were forged in bottomless pit of anvils. Tensed, stale wind of discord Swivelled between the Tutsi and [...]

Those were the last days of May. Little ragamuffins kicked the skull around. They were playing football. Children who had survived the very worst, children who would be the victims of the very [...]