Walking for what felt like years

Screams still ringing in my ears

God I wish it would just rain

Come to wash away our pain

Thousands on this barren road

We don't know what the future holds

It'll be okay, that's what I'm told

There are tigers on the prowl

I can hear their distant growl

Slowly fewer on this barren road

Never enough time to rest

Put our feeble strengths up to the test

We lose people every day

We walk but we don't know the way

Just mere hundreds on this barren road

Years and miles away

But the past still haunts me to this day

Remembering the fears

Quickly brings back all the tears

For the life we shared on the barren road

Keyword: lost boys of the sudan

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Posted by r.e.potter 2008-07-22 16:22:51 .... Not sure what this poem relates to. Are you talking about the Sudanese 2nd civil war in 1983...sorry, just don't know how to relate to this poem. But ill rate it a 5 since it flowed easily + Report this comment
Posted by C.R. Vard 2008-07-22 16:36:05 excellent i thought it was a good poem about a topic other than cutting oneself or your boyfriend leaving you. and if you type the title in on wikipedia you'll get the meaning behind this poem which only adds to its appeal. + Report this comment
Posted by r.e.potter 2008-07-22 16:47:28 .... ok,,so I was right,,the civil war in the 80's. Never heard of the lost boys oddly enough. But I checked it out and this poem describes their plight very well. + Report this comment
Posted by resistanceisfreedom 2008-07-22 20:40:57 .... i liked the flow to this. thought it was well presented. + Report this comment
Posted by ams 2008-07-22 21:19:43 .... ive never heard of the lost boys of sudan, but i did enjoy the poem. i thought that it had a nice flow to it and the story was very sad but good. + Report this comment
Posted by JJtyler 2008-07-22 23:49:54 .... I thought this was haunting. I don't usually read poetry but what better outlet to use than one like this. I hope you personally didn't have to go through this. Good luck and keep writing. + Report this comment
Posted by Something Indecent 2008-07-24 14:49:42 .... Very nice. I wasn't sure what to expect when I opened this but after reading it and checking out the history it really was a good piece. Very well done. + Report this comment
Posted by harmattan 2008-09-08 17:57:05 sudan I have friends in the "peace-keeping" forces there, and they tell stories of the UN's impotence regarding the opression and ethnic cleansing about which you write. You lose one point (sorry). Edgar Rice Burroughs had to rewrite his first Tarzan book because he had his hero fight with a tiger. There are no tigers in Africa. Harmattan + Report this comment
Posted by KrAzWoOoKi 2008-09-19 21:53:40 oh well :D i am young. i make mistakes. i still have much to learn. thank you for the information harmattan. :) + Report this comment

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