The Sun Will Rise Poem by chifuniro mgunda

In a Land where peace and poverty collide,
a young black soul learns how to abide
his time, his dreams, the rising sun

Malawi, gentle, warm and still
Yet hunger walks with an iron will
He's grinding hard, day and night
yet shadows dim the brightest light
his prayers rise in dust-stained air
family pain etched in his skin
a war within he cannot win

He's seen too much to still pretend
that every storm has just one end
yet something deeper holds him tight
A whisper in the dead of night

you've seen what is, but yet not all
stand up again, though you may fall
your path is hard, the climb steep
but roots grow strongest when they are deep

so he walks, not sure but strong
A quiet fire he's carried long
for though he stumbles, breaks and bleeds
he knows that stars are born from seeds
The sun will rise