Martyr
Non sum
I am not
the person the media says I am
I am not
a monster.
I am human
But not whole
Nine years dead
Soon to be 10
Since the war of 2006
Childhood whisked away
On wind and ash
The lingering taste
Of smoke and blood
A child forced to bear witness
To the crimes of mankind
A people brought to its knees
and buried alive.
I am not
afraid anymore.
I am alive
I am the voice
of friends and family
Stolen away
By men who dared to dictate
Who lived and who died
crushing
burning
killing
With the might
of God
that did not belong to them.
I am not
Sorry to say goodbye
to the child
Non fue
I was not-
I never got to be.
A sacrifice
for who I am
today.
A martyr
that died so that I
may live
for all those who were
taken
stolen
murdered.
I am
A witness
of their deaths
and of
Their lives.
I am going to be
something
more.