Group Poem 22 (Somali Independence Day): They did their part

The fought vultures who fled their nations to prey on ours

They rebelled against unjust laws in hope of

Impregnating our nation

With the desire to exist

Freely....

                                                                        They did their part...

They resisted the greed of the Italians

The British

And

The French

To enslave our lands

And

Our people

                                                                    They did their part....

They bled

Fought 

And 

Prayed

So we may never live under the shadow of fear

Exploitation

And

Torture

                                                                                      They did their part....

And, although today our nation finds itself in less than perfect circumstances

Understand, they did not fail us

For they did their part

By liberating

And empowering

Our people

I wonder....

When will we do something

To honor

those who did their part

And, died protecting us?

Halima Ahmed

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