Walking hundreds of miles, to find themselves out of breath
A mother and her child can barely even stand,
Blisters on the bottom of their feet boiling within the sand
Born into a state were instability seems the staple
Their bare flesh clings to their fragile frames
The way those around them cling to their family names
Cause here shame is not drugs, shame is not meth
Shame is where newborns aren't offered breast
Shame is where starvation beckons death
Its where smoking barrels and empty caliber chambers
Are the first to greet new neighbors
Where human life is an afterthought only to be thought of later
Shame is for those who say they believe
While they walk away from a nation on it's knees
Shame is for you and I who eat and sleep
While turning a blind eye to those in need,
Yet adamantly proclaiming, WE BELIEVE
Abdisalaan Haji
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