I’m only 6, why do this to me?
You have me locked in so now I can’t see
You have me blocked off from the world I once knew,
I never thought this was something you’d do.

You took me away from my mom and dad,
They were my only family, they were all I had.
Without them I have to try to survive,
I have to continue on, for life I will thrive

You make me think I am an animal of some sort,
Like I’ve done something, and waiting for my day in court.
I often fear your soldiers will have me killed,
They have us dig gravesites and tombstones they make us build.

I’d love to be free as any other child,
Dead bodies on top of bodies are made into piles.
I hope one day I make it out alive,
Although all of my pride and dignity has been derived.