Monday, 12 October 2015

Child Soldier by Batsirai Chigama

Child Soldier

Young limbs forage for their own
Strutting guns like toys
Small feet taming the jungle
Soldiers going to war
eat gunpowder for supper
O but God they're children still to grow
dead bodies is the life they have known
Soon they too will be gone

Batsirai Chigama

Batsirai Chigama is an erudite Zimbabwean poetess. Her poems have been commanding audience all over African continent.

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