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Hope Inside the Fire

2nd PLACE IN ENSPIREME: PASSION PROJECT’S POEM CONTEST (2020)

Hope Inside the Fire

I am a child from Syria, living under a tent

I sleep in the darkness

That is around me and inside my heart

I have no light to brighten my night

I have no right to move from my site

I look around and I only hear the bombs’ sound

I am a child from Syria, living under a tent

I dream of the school and the book

I dream of the teachers and how they spoke

I dream of my wishes, but all of them broke

I am a child from Syria, living under a tent

I am dying in my place, no one hears

I am dying in life’s race

I have a broken heart, no one sees

I am a child from Syria, I wish to die rather than to live with a dead heart

Yes, hope does exist

But on what list?

I spent my childhood suffering

Imprisoned in the ring

The ring of fear

The evil words I hear

The ring of racism

and the unfair system

The ring of hates

That on us rotates

But I will never give up

For my Hope, I will always look up

I always find people who let me down

Even though they wear a smile and a crown

I have been taught what hope really is

It’s having faith in the middle of the crisis

It’s looking on the bright side

Putting all your negative spirit aside

In fact, I am not out of the ring

I’m in its middle, but instead praises I sing

Hope is what makes me keep going

Walking forward, the truth knowing

I will never give up

For my hope, I will always look up

By: Yamen Fares