Waiting for Aylan
Waiting to embrace you
And cuddle you to my frozen heart
Waiting to accept you
So my heart may melt and doors may open
Waiting to hold you close
And tear down indifference and disdain
Waiting to shut your eyes
So your silence may silence the guns
Waiting….
Just waiting for you Aylan
Waiting to lay you to rest
So we may know no rest without love
Waiting to honour you Aylan
For as you came to shore, our humanity diminished.
Waiting for your rising
To soften our hearts of stone.
Waiting for Aylan.
©Mildred Ngesa Poetry – August 2015
