Dare to be YOU! Introduction to Brandlady.com
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The Voice of the Single Mother's Child
Chantal Nimugire,
I NEED
I need someone who can listen to me
I need someone who can take care of me
I need someone who can love me
I need someone who can protect me
I need someone who can tell me the truth
I need someone who can tell me who I am
I need someone who can call me my daughter
I need someone I can call Daddy
I need someone I can call my Mummy
I need someone I can call my sister
I need someone I can call my brother
I need the family I belong to
Why do you push me out? I don’t know anyone else
And I don’t know where to go
I need to stay in your arms
Sometimes, I run away but I don’t find someone and some place
Please, accept me, I am not bad
I am like your other children
Please accept me, I am alone
Please accept me, I need a name
Please accept me, I need an identity
Please accept me, I will not disappoint you
Please accept me, I am not a shame and a burden
Please accept me, I am one of yours
I need someone who can help me to prepare my future
I need someone who can help my sisters and brothers
I need you and I miss you Daddy and Mummy
I need you and I miss you my sisters and brothers
I need you and miss you my family
I need you and miss you so much
When I need you and miss you I am feeling alone
When I need you and miss you I can’t hold my tears
When I need you and miss you, I don’t know who can listen to me on the earth
When I need you and miss you, I remember that there is God
When I need you and miss you, God is present
When I need you and miss you, God comforts me
When I need you and miss you, I pray to God
When I need you and miss you, God promises me blessings
When I need you and miss you, God promises to stay with me
When I need you and miss you, I pray for you
I need you, remember, you are responsible for my life
I will always need you and love you.
Chantal is a genocide survivor of Rwanda. Her story reflects many hundreds of women and children in the strife-torn country.
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