Don'T Call Me Refugee Child Poem by Sweta Leena Panda

Oh! Oh! Oh!
Mother where are we?
here there is no
politeness, happiness, humanity
only pain, sorrow, suffering
Nobody is here, to love us
Nobody is here, to be honest
We are suffering without love
We are expecting polite person
We are looking for humanity
alas we couldn't get it anywhere

Oh! Oh! Oh!
Mother where are we?
My mind turned East, West, South and North
I could not believe
I looked all round
I could not get any direction
Where is our actual destination?
Break your silence
Tell me mom where we are

Oh! Oh! Oh!
My mother
can you give me one answer
I have my own name
so why other call me refugee.
My heart aches, my eyes cry,
when other call me in this way
I beg before everyone
Please don't call me 'refugee'
I'm a migrant bird far away from my land
I don't know where my destination place
Still I am alive
Hope for a new beginning of my life

Oh! Oh! Oh!
Mother where is my father?
I cannot find my father
Where he is
I wanna meet him
I could not find him
Where he is
I need him my mother
Can you tell me please where he is?

Oh! Oh! Oh!
My mother
I need education
Education is my life
Buy me pen and paper
I need education
I love to study and get educated
As it is everything for my life
Please educate me
Without education my life is nothing

Oh! Oh! Oh!
My mother
When you will smile
Please break your silence
Talk with me
I need to hear me
Why you sit silently
Oh my mother can you get it

Oh! Oh! Oh!
My mother
why you are not giving me answer further
Don't leave me alone
I can't walk alone further
I will not beg you anything
Please never ever leave me alone
I will not ask you any question further
Please my mother
Listen me further

Oh! Oh! Oh!
Is anyone here?
To save my mother
I beg of you,
Save my mother's life
I will not come here further

Oh! Oh! Oh!
My lord saves my mother
I will not ask you anything further
Help me once
hope it will be my last
Oh my lord saves my mother
I can't imagine a life without my mother & father