Gone Too Soon : Misram

GONE TOO SOON : MISRAM Most people would not know Misram at all Only her own family and some friends She had little influence or impact On the world and a Very short Life. Insight into her life is easy to give: poverty, pain, death Born in poverty - eight kids, in corrugated Metal shack near the Serengeti Had malaria and rickets Most of the Time. Was five when the warlord came with his drunken horde Village ceased to exist, family ceased to be, Misram’s life brutally ended for the For the amusement Of a machete- Wielding Thug. She should have gone to school, should have Trained as a nurse or teacher, should Have grown to be mum and Grandmum, should Have seen Kenya Prosper. Misram passed away before she was supposed to. Perhaps she will be remembered only By the words in this poem; But perhaps Not.