My Dream
By Margaret Parkins
Spokane Valley High School, Washington
By Margaret Parkins
Spokane Valley High School, Washington
Three tears I cry: one for my family,
one for my pride,
one for my hunger.
How can I have faith
when life seems to fall apart?
When uniforms come and take them away,
"Who are they taking," I ask myself --
"My friends!"
It is hard to recall those days
when you were judged by your ways,
when cries came from all ways you look.
A prayer is my hope,
my mother's words
which I so much love to hear again.
And then I woke up,
it was all a bad dream.
one for my pride,
one for my hunger.
How can I have faith
when life seems to fall apart?
When uniforms come and take them away,
"Who are they taking," I ask myself --
"My friends!"
It is hard to recall those days
when you were judged by your ways,
when cries came from all ways you look.
A prayer is my hope,
my mother's words
which I so much love to hear again.
And then I woke up,
it was all a bad dream.
This poem is great, because she showed what the family members in Rwanda was feeling, and how their "life seems to fall apart" and that they lost their family, and horrible things happen. For her it was a dream for them in Rwanda was real.
How did you find this poem? What is the poem actually about/referring to? How did the poem make you feel? Which lines stuck out for you?
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