Refugees to the World: We Are Burning
Narratio presents an excerpt from Refugees to the World, a collection of poems by Parwana Amiri, Afghan writer and activist.
It’s not to mark the date!
It’s to raise the alarm!
The fire has burned our homes.
The fire has burned our schools.
The fire has burned our hospitals.
The fire has burned our dreams.
We are burning.
We search for your eyes.
You have turned them away.
You have hidden your faces.
Who is the criminal? Not the fire, for sure!
Who shall pay for the life of the burned child?
Who shall answer the mother, never to touch her child again?
Who can answer?
Who dares imagine the screams of the baby burning ?
The baby was crying…
Was crying, was crying...
The baby was burning, a bundle of coal left.
Where are those who cursed us?
Those afraid we threatened their wealth?
Come on and see!
Do you dare to look at this scene?
Better avert your eyes.
Hide and lock yourselves in your homes!
We are silent so that you hear us.
