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When I was young                   I thank God for my daughter
 I passed through a tough life      such happiness to have her
 days without enough meals,         I thank God for Positive Life Kenya
 no nice clothes                    now I can shout to the world
 nowhere nice to sleep              this is my life
 no good school                     walk with my head held high
                                    knowing as one door closes
 Life turned to hell                another opens
 when my father passed
 His last word to me                My dream is a home,
 was                                a family home
 My daughter, you are the only family pillar
 I can see                          I try to save money
 Soon I’ll be gone                  of what little I have
 My eyes are on you                 to buy land, built a house
 You will not let your siblings suffer  I am the family pillar
                                    my dad’s eyes are on me
 I got my siblings into schools
 I worked so hard                   My dream is a family
                                    home
 Then I messed up
 met the wrong man
 I got pregnant
 I thought of suicide
 But a family’s pillar can not do that
 My man beat me
 I ran away

 And God sent me a well-wisher
 An angel, my second God,
 I could go to school,
 all I wanted
 I could work with children,
 Positive Life Kenya
 saw kindness in me






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