AM A SOLDIER BOY, NOT BY CHOICE

War is a very bad thing; it can leave you an orphan, a widow and can make each and everyone of you poor. Put yourself in the shoes of an eight year old soldier boy. War has just begun in your country. Your father has been killed in your presence, your mother has been raped and killed too and your siblings are all lying down in a pool of blood. You are hiding from the enemies because they are seeking for more people to kill since they want to finish your whole family. Once they have gone, you decide to seek for help but instead you find your friends who are in the same situation as you holding a gun because revenge seems to be the only source of solace. Let us embrace peace so that we can all have a better future

SOLDIER BOY, NOT BY CHOICE

Am standing here with my backs against the wall

So confused that I can’t stand Tall

Everyone that I love in this world is gone

And I have been left all alone

The thoughts are too heavy that I can feel the weight

But it’s so hard to carry on because am only Eight

The past has turned out to become a thorn

Because erased are all the sweet memories that my life adorn

Am a soldier boy, not by choice

Don’t be quick to judge me but please hear my voice

I have the experience of holding a gun

And when the enemy comes I cannot run

I am a survivor I have seen death with my own eyes

I don’t trust anyone anymore and I see everything as lies

Wish that I could have that chance to live a happy life again

Because I know that it’s the only way to get rid of my pain

The past can hurt, has hurt and will forever hurt

Because the bitter memories have been inflicted deep in my heart

Am a soldier Boy, Not by Choice

Don’t be quick to judge me but please hear my voice

They call me all sorts of names such as a murder

I don’t know if there’s any hope for a killer

I have been made to become a friend of sorrow

Pain, hatred, anger, revenge…hope to see tomorrow

Everyday I fear to face the future

Oh! How I wish to tell my story during the rupture

But God you know that am only an insecure boy

Please forgive me coz am just an innocent boy

Wishes and horses don’t add up anymore

Coz I can’t dream of happiness or anything more

Am a soldier Boy, not by Choice

Don’t be quick to judge me but please hear my voice