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There was so much obedience

A great migration

Tutsi penetration

of an established society

There was so much obedience

and degradation

an ambiance of Rwandan mockery

There was so much obedience

German colonist arrived

natives further divide

Belgians usurp German control

There was so much obedience

Tutsi power survives

at the cost of a Hutu stolen soul

There was so much resentment

a concentration

of humiliation

at the bottom of a cast system

There was so much resentment

and irritation evoking evil rather than wisdom

There was so much resentment

thick tension haze

and angry days

familiarity pushed aside

There was so much resentment

hate blinding ways

to create and restore mass Hutu pride

There was so much fear

the word had spread

of Tutsi dead

all blamed for their president’s demise

There was so much fear

so much panic and dread

watching demons rise in Hutu eyes

There was so much fear

a new migration

Tutsi penetration

seeking protection from the Lord

There was so much fear

a continuation

where extremists raped, slaughtered and gored

There was so much noise

people pleading

and bleeding

praying for miracles to come to aid

There was so much noise

militia men screaming

sudden explosions of grenades

There was so much noise

infants sat crying

parents dead or dying

plunged into latrines by their heads

There was so much noise

the future depriving

smashed child skulls together

until dead

There was so much pain

over whelming

other realming

not yet able to live, merely survive

There was so much pain

faces haunted and telling

struggling hard to stay alive

There was so much pain

help implored but ignored

as the world stood by

quietly watching from the side

There was so much pain

strain to patch and restore

broken promises to stop

future genocide.

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