Poetry about the Cambodian genocide
Hear Me Now: A poem by Sophal Leng Stagg
Peacful times have gone away
Long gone, so far, so far away
Let me live as I will you
Peaceful times as we once knew
The young, the old, so sad these days
So sad, so scared, are we
I have closed my eyes to run away
Run away to peaceful days
Mother please stay with me
Don't go, please stay close to me
I need you now to help me see
To see the days of peace for me
Help me find those peaceful times
The times we laughed when we were free
No more pain, be at peace"
This poem reflects the torture that Cambodian genocide victims went through, in the eyes of an actual victim. She remembers the times before the genocide that were full of happiness and laughter. Once the Khmer Rouge took over he was no longer free nor happier. She is begging to go back to the happier times and to just escape form the Khmer Rouge.
-Victor Di Fede
http://thehumancondition.wikispaces.com/Cambodia
This is a poem written by girl who just wanted things to go back to normal. She wanted to go back to living life free. She remember everything about the genocide she remembers being in pain and being lost. She couldn't show the world in drawing so she had to show the world through poetry.
Peacful times have gone away
Long gone, so far, so far away
Let me live as I will you
Peaceful times as we once knew
The young, the old, so sad these days
So sad, so scared, are we
I have closed my eyes to run away
Run away to peaceful days
Mother please stay with me
Don't go, please stay close to me
I need you now to help me see
To see the days of peace for me
Help me find those peaceful times
The times we laughed when we were free
No more pain, be at peace"
This poem reflects the torture that Cambodian genocide victims went through, in the eyes of an actual victim. She remembers the times before the genocide that were full of happiness and laughter. Once the Khmer Rouge took over he was no longer free nor happier. She is begging to go back to the happier times and to just escape form the Khmer Rouge.
-Victor Di Fede
http://thehumancondition.wikispaces.com/Cambodia
This is a poem written by girl who just wanted things to go back to normal. She wanted to go back to living life free. She remember everything about the genocide she remembers being in pain and being lost. She couldn't show the world in drawing so she had to show the world through poetry.