Friday, January 29, 2010

Afghanistan Who Will Write Its Destiny?

I hope that in reading these words and poems from the Afghan Women's Writing Project help you to understand that bombs and armies have impacts that we seldom actually see or hear of from someone on the ground and who will be there long after we have gone.

My Pen

You know the meaning of Please
Rewrite my destiny

You know the boy sitting alone in the street
No legs
No hands
No hopes
Nature forgot him
Rewrite his destiny

You saw our neighbor’s son
He doesn’t sleep at night
there is nothing to eat
He paints the face of cakes and cookies
Hangs them on the wall
Rewrite his destiny

Join us, be true, be honest
Write a new page
In humanity’s destiny
Promise, my pen
Promise me
 blog it

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