I died
I was speechless
But a voice resounded within
I was sightless
But my inner eye watched the outside
I was immobile
But agile dreams took me miles away
I died
But I died alive
Harriet Anena (21st century) Uganda
Source: Suubi, African Writers Trust and British Council, 2013
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ReplyDeleteI wrote this poem to capture the effect of war on survivors of the Lord's Resistance Army captivity in northern Uganda. Many of those who escaped life in the bush explained feeling "dead" inside. That's what paradox of being alive and dead tries to capture.
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