Child cry of war - Onam Liduba

I was found along the road side in open ash air

I grew like a child of leach

No mother and no father

I feed on bitter leaves and roots in the desert

I stay in rain and hot sun for fear

Are all children in the same condition?

No, a child elsewhere enjoys the calm blue sky

And the love of his parents

A fox has a den and a bird has nest

But the child of war has nowhere to lay his head

For fear of bombs and bullets in southern Sudan

O God lift up this child of war

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Onam Liduba (born 1978) South Sudan (now lives in USA)

Source: UniVerse