I Have Seen

I have seen the government promise
I have seen babies raped
I have seen headless men lying on the road
I have seen mothers battered for daughter's pregnancy
I have seen old men dead on the road from hunger
I have seen grandmothers dead in a flooded house
I have seen mothers hacked by machetes by sons
I have seen and lost hope in people 
I have seen life
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Agustin Avatar
October 23, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Dindi Avatar
March 16, 2017 at 1:35 PM
Beautiful work! Very expressive. Telling it as it is.
A   Avatar
February 24, 2016 at 3:56 PM
Akinyi Apamo, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing, hope to see a new one from you again. LOVE LINDA
A  Avatar
January 3, 2016 at 7:52 PM
Excellent
Robertson Avatar
August 26, 2015 at 8:22 AM
WOW, It's awful, but it' also the beginning of the end, we are about to reap the power of the whirl wind. Look to the sky, The Four Horse Men. The King is coming.
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