You come to take parents and relatives
Leaving the children
Crying
In endless sorrow.
How silent are you?
You enter a house
Pluck people like you’re plucking leaves
And you’re not merciful.
How cruel are you
You come without
Notice
You come to take
Children
Leaving the house empty
Oh! Death how
Silent are you?
But only God knows.
Tabitha M'bawa (20th century) Malawi
Source: Makewana's Daughters
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