African Child Poem by St Antoine de la Vuadi

African child clean your face
And take the final decision
To move out of poverty and war
Even if now you don’t have any force.
African child tomorrow you will
Be like me a man or a parent
And I am sure that the situation
Will remain the same;
Then you will have the force to say
No! If you don’t find the force,
Try to read and re-read these sentences.
You have lost a hand, a village
A parent, a sister and your education
And you are right to be angry
But anger by itself is not enough
To stop what they have planned
Many years.
Try to add the force which leads
To revolution because…
You are so cute and so young
But you have a big struggle to do.
My brother and child
Never be afraid of them!