Best Poems Written by Tasneem Gerbicha

The Careless Man

I have Dreams
		I have Goals
		I have a Life
		I have a Cause
		I am Here for a Reason

		I fear my life will be taken away
		By a careless man
		I fear I'll become part of the 97% too soon
		I fear I might die with my legs open and a gun to my head
			
		I fear I might die from the loud echoing sound of a bullet
		From the gun in the Careless Man's Hand
		I fear my innocence will be stolen from me
		I fear that if I don't die from this I'll have a lifetime of Trauma

		But it's time to realize 
		That you're much stronger than you think
		You're Growing
		You're Glowing
		You're greenest of leaves on that same Tree
		Your Ancestors Planted
		But still you fear...

		I want Prosperity, I want to grow
		I want to Breathe, I want to Glow

		Because I haven't been touched
		I think Justice has been served
		Because I haven't been touched
		I don't understand their Pain
			And still you fear
		This will all end in vain

		But only if you knew 
		Those who don't get punished in this life
		Will in the next
		
		She longs to find a Place 
		In which she can finally  breathe
		Even if she roams around naked
			She won't be hurt
		She won't fear 
		That her life will be taken away by 
		The Careless Man

		~  Fiyameta

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