One day I will Rise

You now lock me in detention

and damage my hopes

but it’s like dust and one day I will rise.

You may avoid my sadness

and send me to Manus

but one day I will rise.

You may hide the reality

and break my heart

but one day I will rise.

You may send me somewhere else.

Why can’t you help me?

I may be a female of under age

who needs assistance from you.

You may send me to other countries a

nd shoot me with your words

but one day I will rise.

You may punish me

by saying lies

but one day I will rise.

You may kill me with your hateful action

but it’s like air

and one day I will rise.

You may never care about my awful past

and enjoy my tears

but one day I will rise.

I may have bad memories

rooted in pain

but one day I will rise.

I may have left a fearful life of horror

but one day I will rise.

Does my mind upset you

so full of thoughts?

I am an asylum seeker

who seeks for freedom and doesn’t have anywhere else to go.

Does it come as a surprise to you

that whatever you have done to me

I will forgive you?

Wherever you send me

as long as I see the sun rise and the moon come up

I will rise…

Written by: Hani Aden