i want to give hope to me and the people around me
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"I want to give hope to myself and to people around me"
Stephen's (18) poem on the Coronavirus
Yves Willemot
A boy reading a poem
UNICEF South Sudan/de la Guardia
01 May 2020
Steven Kiama Ambrose.
"Poetry is my way of expressing myself, ever since I watched a poet on Kenyan television three years ago. I got inspired by how he translated his emotions and ideas in verses. I now must have written more than 50 poems, most of them deal with issues that affect our societies and communities, like droughts, war and violence among young people. I remember from the time I was still in Kenya, how misguided youth were creating violence in our communities."
"I find my solace in my poetry. As COVID-19 impacted us so badly I decided to write a poem about the virus. My mother gets a lot of false information about the virus, from her friends in the neighborhood. Last time she told me that drinking your tea without sugar could protect you from getting infected. I know that is not true. With my poem I want to correct the kind of misinformation, but more importantly, I want to give my family and friends hope."
COVID 19
"The human race shall always overcome," said Jommo Kenyatta
See, I am the ultimate test
How well do you work together?
How well coordinated are you?
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COVID 19 is my name
I know no boundaries or lanes
No celebrity can match my fame
Like a roaring flame I engulf all on my path
The poor and the rich both feel my wrath
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You have a common enemy in me
So, lower your guns and focus on me
Lower your rank, tribe, ethnicity and focus on me
For can't you see, can't you see?
I know off no hierarchy
My presence brings fear and anarchy
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I am stronger than Samson
For I break the unbreakable
I'll break your economy
I'll break your faith
But that's only if you let me
For the racism you show only strengthens me
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You like hiding your identity, then wear a mask
You claim that your hands are clean, then sanitize
For the death I cause is no man's fault but rather my nature
You shall overcome me; it's in your blood, it's your nature
I am no professor, neither is this a lecture
But only working together can tame my destructive nature
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As Nations cower in fear
For I grab many victims in a day
For once they see something worse than war
For once they see humanity is worth fighting for
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What goes up must come down
No authority is higher than me
For I break the laws of traditions
I break the laws of a normal condition
But I'll never break the so-called men
Bend them to their breaking points
Once they kill me, they forget my wrath and once again I'll strike
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As you suffer because of me
Also try and learn from me and your mistakes
As I go down the books of history
Still there's more to come
Maintain the togetherness
And there will be no harm
Share the little you have
Before I strike and leave you with none
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The only way to survive me, is by joining heads
Lock your doors for I roam the streets
Stay alert for like an assassin; you never know my target
"All of us in our community here in Juba have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and by the preventive measures that have been imposed. I am in my final year of high school. As schools have been closed since mid-March I don’t know when I will be able to get my school certificate. Nor do we know when we will be able to return to Kenya to see my father, because the borders have been closed for several weeks now. That makes me anxious and sad. My father is working as a mason in our home community. I miss him a lot."
"With the curfew and the closing of businesses, my mother is struggling to get money to feed the family. I have four brothers and one sister living with me here in South Sudan. One older brother had a job and was earning some income. But now he is out of a job. My mother was put on a half-time job. I used to help my mother after school hours at the air company. I earned up to 1000 South Sudanese Pounds per day (3 USD) which I shared with my mother. That too has now ended. So, life has become harsh for us. As the same time, COVID-19 has brought us all closer together. It made us stronger now that we spend more time together."
Stephen
UNICEF South Sudan/de la Guardia
"I have read my poem on COVID-19 to my mother, brothers, sisters, and to my friends. They liked it and said that it gives them some comfort in these difficult times. That inspires me to continue to write poems. "
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