a sudanese refugee
on april 15, 2023 a civil war broke out in khartoum, sudan between two rival factions of the military government: the sudanese armed forces (saf) and the paramilitary rapid support forces (rsf)
over 150,000 sudanese, including mostly women and children, have been killed. the numbers of dislocated and displaced are in the millions.
a genocide.
a sudanese refugee asks :
pleads
what have you gained
from the war ?
forfeit my language
return our displacement
blood on our alphabet
stains our memory
humanity
what have you gained
from the war ?
searching for a kind people
so we may return
live
a promised child cries
to be held
by you
what have you gained
from the war ?
a sudanese refugee prays :
breathes
i am you