{Dear Rwanda
I wish today you came to pick me up so we could be together again.
When I left you, I thought it’d be good so that I would long for the time I got to see you again.
I wonder how you are,
How tall you’ve grown from overcoming your daily challenges
I’m sure that either way you rejoice from the lessons learnt along the way
The waves you crossed after each day.
I want you to teach me how you do it
How you come from something so small
Full of hurt, destruction, failure, and rock bottom
To the most beautiful thing in the pearl of Africa
And most importantly, to the most generous host of all your beloved children
I’m sorry to hear about how rough it’s been for you to remember your lost ones,
I mourn with you, but rejoice in the thought that they are in paradise
Helping you get stronger day by day
Helping you become a world model of what reconciliation should look like
Helping you teach the world that only PEACE is what humanity deserves.
Oh Rwanda, you’re so lucky,
You always find a way to overcome your problems,
I feel like mine are just tumbling over my head in a pile
What should I do oh Rwanda, what should I do oh dear?
Teach me how you did it then
Teach me how you’re doing it now
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{{Nicole Kagoyire, Texas}}
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