A Poem by Our Students

They came into their homes destroying things. Nowhere to go
They told them that they were going to die, just because they were different from other people.
 
 Sitting inside looking at people dying
People pleading for their lives, people running and screaming
 
The children crying, their parents dying
The sound of sorrow will be there tomorrow
The wall between torture and sorrow the last drop of tears for those chosen to die.
 
They took us away, they didn’t listen.
They murdered our children, they didn’t listen,
The wall between torture and sorrow the last drop of tears for those chosen to die.
Answers don’t’ come from blood or bodies dead in the mud
 
Earth is a place with such despair
There is destruction everywhere
It needs to change so speak up now
 
Speak up, I don’t want die
Why should I help you?
I want to live to be someone
 
If we don’t’ speak who will?
Everything will come to an end
 When people speak up for each other, they save lives or suffer the consequences.
 Dead silence is your enemy
I was loud in silence
 
Images flow through my head
I cannot believe so many people are dead
but you could still hear their laughter
 
Should we speak up?
Just look in your heart, it’s not that hard
Will I get killed if I speak up?
Just look in your heart, it’s not that hard
Dead silence is your enemy
 
I hope I’ll be remembered
It’s time to say goodbye to those who died.
an unforgettable genocide
it’s time to say goodbye to genocide.
 
Don’t let this happen again
Speak up
Even if you are the only one
Speak up
Don’t be a prisoner of silence
Speak up
 
It’s time, It’s time, It’s time
 
it’s time to say goodbye to genocide