AM A YOUNG MAN WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN PUNCTUATED BY MANY CHALLENGES INCLUDING ORPHANAGE AND POVERTY. I AM THE SON OF THE LATE DAUD BARUGAHARE WHO TRIED BY ALL MEANS DESPITE HIS ILLITERACY TO INSTALL THE SPIRIT OF READING IN AT SUCH AN EARLY AGE. AND NOW IN HIGH SCHOOL, I HAVE CHOSEN TO BE A POET SO THAT I CAN SPEAK FOR THE VOICELESS.
He fell in the world like dripping rain
He shone on the land like a moving star
He walked the way that was full of pain
The journey was tough but he walked far
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When I think I’m out of it;
And think waving to it,
And think myself out of the pit,
And of me flying away like a kite
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They sit in groups of threes,
All lost in their rags.
Besides them, are tins,
And others are old bags.
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When your face faces mine,
In my heart, something starts to grow.
And every day I see you coming down,
I watch you from the corridors of the first floor,
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WARS IN MY ERA
I know the world keeps on going,
And my hope keeps on falling.
I can hear them mourning,
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