I am living in hell
not the mythical one
but the real one
here on mother earth,
it is called Kivu.

the suffering is endless
the cries of lost souls
shatter the silence of the night,
the cruelty and killing
goes on day after day,
no respite for the living
no time to mourn the dead,
respect for human rights
a fallacy,
power rules through the gun.

FOUR MILLION
yes
FOUR MILLION.

have died in this place
since the vultures sent
their armies to
loot and rape and destroy the land,
corruption is endemic,
like some vile virus
it as dug deep into the spirit of the land,
the vultures armies have left now,
but they leave behind their
scavenger minnions
the para-militarys and militias.

the blue berets battle
to bring some sense to a senseless world,
where the life of a child
is worth less then a ganja smoke,
under-manned, under-armed
with a mandate of little use
their task is a hopeless one.