France…
Listen!!
You were once an empire —
Your shadow stretching across continents,
But not in love, not in light,
Only in blood, only in brutality.
You came not with gifts,
But with guns and chains,
Your hands red with conquest,
Your heart void of remorse.
I walked the fields of Algeria,
And I saw them —
Three women,
Stripped of dignity,
Breasts cut off by your soldiers,
Their spirits...
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