Alive

One day I believe

I will be alive

Not heart broken dead

Struggling every day to survive

Somedays I catch a glimpse

Of a world of laughter

Music and dancing

I left behind

On the brink of terror and change

When it seemed I would never find again

My way back

To that lost paradise

I lived in as a child

One day soon I hope

That you will come

To my front door

In a body

Bringing with you all the light and hope and promise

Of the vital fire

You tell me every day is burning in your heart

Re igniting mine

One day

I hope you wont be so very far away

In a land where everyday

African people fight for survival

But until that day I will try

To live

To dance

To breathe

To hope

To dream

And not to cry so many tears as now

When I come home

Once again to an empty house

And feel as though

My heart is completely breaking