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Thursday 24 October 2024

Birä - Jeanne Dalena


war; what a chaos for my motherland
why do butterflies suddenly turn to bullets
and hope to lies?
your three letters erased those smiles
kids became adults between your lines
you sent away my Muslim friend and
my Catholic faith in a blink of an eye
this hate between us is not a question
of religion as love was our common one
war, what a ruin, what a shame
when we think oil and diamonds will
never replace humans.

Jeanne Dalena (21st century) Central African Republic
Source: Facebook
  • Birä means war in Sango, the national language of the Central African Republic

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