poem

In this heartfelt message, the speaker expresses their desire to be a father in a world where they don't have to go through the pain of losing their children and witnessing the violence and displacement that has become a reality for so many. They long for a peaceful environment where their children can enjoy the simple joys of childhood, free from fear and danger. In another world, I want to be a father without passing through the eternal insanity of mourning my children, without experiencing the ritual of watching my children return home as bodies folded like a prayer mat, without spending my nights telling them the stories of a hometown where natives become aliens searching for shelter. I want to watch my children grow, to recite the name of their homeland like Lord's Prayer, to frolic in the streets without being hunted like animals in the bush, without being mobbed to death. In another world, I want my children to tame grasshoppers in the field, to play with their dolls in the living room, to inhale the fragrance of flowers waving as wind blows, to see the birds measure the sky with their wings.