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I overheard a conversation
Between mother
And father
What should we do?
Mother cried
Leaning on father's shoulder
Mother hasn't been normal
She has been vomiting
And sleeping all day
I'm scared for her
For father
For our family
Father sheds a tear
It dripps
Down his smooth
Saggy face
What will we tell Ajani?
Father says
What must it be
That they are so worried
To tell me?
Mother and Father
Can tell me anything
We are a family,
And we stick together
Always
I want to come out
To hug mother
And father
Make them feel
That everything
Will be ok
I cry
Worried about
Mother
And father
But as I rest my eyes
On my creaky
Bed
Mother hugs father
I love you
They say in unison
I love you...
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The Journey Home
Thơ caIn this strikingly touching poem journal, follow the journey of a young afghan refugee, Ajani. As time passes in Kabul, Afghanistan, the capital and the city which she was born and raised in, she struggles to find serenity for her and her family. Th...
