Liberian Poetry

10 Year Old- I See it All by Joshua Konneh

I was 10 years old

My Dad got killed

I was 10 years old

My mom got ill

I was 10 years old

My sister got raped

I was 10 years old

My country got death

I was 10 years old

My heart got killed

I was 10 years old

They give me guns to kill

I was 10 years old

I start to take pills

I was 10 years old

I got no where to go

I was 10 years old

What they leave me with is a broken heart

Many judge me, they laughed at me

They do not know of me

All they can say of me is a child with no home

All I needed was someone who I can talk to OneByOne

Today I'm happy

I can smile

Cause OneByOne is in my life

That is all I needed to know

There is more to come.

5/14/09

The Cry of the Dead by Josh Konneh

Why can I be me?

Why I got to be like him?

What type of world is this?

You can say what you feel

Too much blood,

Too many deaths

Many are losing their life every day and night

Cause they are fighting for their right

What 's gonna happen to my kids?

Do they have a future?

What is my answer to a broken heart?

Cause my eye's are getting red

My shirt is getting wet

Cause the pain never seem to stop

Every day and night my tear is running down from my eye's

Do my kids have a dream?

Dream I'm living my dream

Are they living their dream in a country of war?

Is this going to end or is this a start to a life of a pain?

I can't seem to smile

Why do I have to live this life?

Are you going to save me or are you going to watch me die?

Before I die this is what I'm gonna to say to the world.

Help save my children in a country of war

OneByOne start a new home for those who feel alone

People of the world this is your time

To build more room

For the future generation.

5/4/09

Our desires is tough
But our motion
Stands
Oh
The true quality
Lies in the
air
where the sky
shines its
Beauty
We keep looking
But sees lights
and
Darkness cover
We are worry
An angle comes
Flying
In the sky
Say boys
What is the matter?
He speaks to
Himself
Are these boys annoy
Then he says
Let me ask
My Father in Heaven
And a moment
Later
lights
comes shinning
like the brightest
stars
My eyes
was
blue and I saw
the beauty
of Love with
gladness
in it
Someone woke us
up and say
boys
I have come
to see you
in the lights
that shines
and you
there and
recorded
we can help
you can help
we can
make
a difference
you can
make
a
difference
the passion
of love
and
right
and right
is understanding

Written by Mr. Sam Daniels (currently living in Liberia) and dedicated to Nora and Kristin Vachuska
March 10, 2008

Your heart desire
To help the weak to be
Strong.
Thy world is absolute far
Off from seeing
What thou intend
But thy Lord our
God knows the heart
Of you and how much
Feelings you have
The lord is with
You and little Nora

Many don't have but
Your courage makes them
Feel good.

Your words covers their
sentiments
Your vision they work
And bring glory
to the Lord

Kristin and Nora
God bless you
for the good you
are doing and always
doing here.

Writen by Sam Daniels and Amadu Massaquoi
March 1, 2008

Not Titled

Be grand always,

The truth is,

Life has time,

For the differences

Life that has it own

Weakness,

Strength,

and Courage

We are

Human beings

With Humilities

and Working Hard

In the eyes of

ours'

Passion

not our deception.

Belove for your

Kindness,

Belove for your

Sincerity,

and

Belove for your

Compassion.

The air

is 24-7

The breeze flows

from it,

The dust sticks on

our clothes,

The rain and wind

Carry us away

But our

Faith make

us stand all,

What.

Temptation,

We shall

overcome

the dues

that says pay

monthly,

The souls

are value

Because we

are focus to

help the

many thousands out

there,

OnebyOne......

By Mr Sam Daniels

August 17, 2008

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