THE STORMY 60 KM MEDITERRANEAN SEA

DESPERATE JOURNEY

A few years down the road,

I thought of crossing borders

In search of greener pastures.

I didn't want to be a refugee in Uganda

I had felt the smell of it in the 90s.

Life was at stake, I didn't want a repeat.

I was threatened by allegations,

I was accused, robbed many times,

Jailed twice and drowned in hunger

Bled internally, but pretended strongly.

Every time I decide on the desperate journey,

I am reminded of one thing:

Your home shall be fine one day.

Yet the economy continues to collapse

Security continues to erode,

Death clings, feeding everywhere

With joy, children celebrate

Gunshots like New Year's fireworks

This has not been easy

I thought of traveling only to find

Myself in a training site

My friend Simon insisted

Today he is in France.

Yet, the desperate journey

Has finished young South Sudanese.

It is only God's providence

That one can cross

The 200 km Libyan desert.

It is only God's grace

That one can cross

The stormy 60 km Mediterranean Sea.

Every day,

I see young men and girls crawling

Through the desert, looking for a better home.

I think heavenward.

Every day,

I see young Junubin crashing

Into the Mediterranean

I cry, being a South Sudanese.

If I could have the opportunity to move out,

I would love to live far away in a cave

Not because I committed a crime,

Not because I fear accountability,

But because I want peace

A right for everyone to enjoy.

South Sudan is bleeding

But until when will it stop?

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