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HEAR THE CHILDREN WEEP

eye of the lord orphanage

A sponge for many bodies

A room for countless beings

Tea without milk

Fetched with fingers like soup

None waits for the train moves

And the latecomer is left hungry

No toothbrushes because none can afford

They are the children of the present

Unfortunate to have been left by their mothers

Unfortunate to have been thrown away

Unfortunate to have their mothers answer their calls of fate

Their classes are smoke’s den

Their classrooms, sand’s territory

Their pomade happens to be shea

Which sits in a cup

See them sleep with no age measure

As young ones pee on the old

Who but God keeps their hearts?

Sad how they smile through it all

As watchers cry tears of blood

Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014

(Wrote this after watching the children of the Eye of the Lord Orphanage and how they lived. This piece was written amidst tears. I could not share it then, but I’m sharing it now. Let all who can help get in touch with Utv and help)

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By amoafowaa

Just a simple Ghanaian trying to find the best in our society. I may be fun, I may be interesting, I may be funny, I may even be foolish or intelligent, but it is all based on the mood in which you find yourself. I believe our minds make us who we are. Know that, pain, no matter its 'unbearability', is transient. Unburden or delight yourself for a while in my writings please. And all corrections, advice and opinions are welcome. Know that you are the king, queen or royal on this blog. :)

17 replies on “HEAR THE CHILDREN WEEP”

Dear Bonnie, you should see the children eating that way. They were fetching the tea with their fingers among other things at an orphanage owned by a kind blind man here in Ghana. The orphanage is called Eye of the Lord Orphanage”. Cried when I watched it. I just wrote what I saw then. Nothing more. That sad.

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I am glad to hear that you are back. I was thinking about you last nite. I hope all is well with you and yours. The babies are always the last to have even though they should be the first . Those who are fat get before those who are hungry. Yes me included. This is the way of our world we call life. It’s sad but true.

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