WAY BACK HOME

• KHADIJA AHMAD, Grade 8
• Poetry
• 2008

Being born in a typical country,
Where hopes could be crushed easily
Moving from one place to another
Just to be safe and not suffer
Walking miles to school,
Just to learn something new,
Walking down in dangerous streets
Finding people you have never met
Ones who are hushed
Ones who are torn
And ones who are suffering to keep warm
In the last minute home
You see these people whose hopes are gone
Is it because they are poor?
Or is it because they fear?
If it were you?
Would you go near?