I Am Strong

(This is a poem I co-crafted; I was helping a friend from Bosnia to express herself. Little do we know the likes of which people experienced in the Balkans in the early 90's. If you want just a taste, netflix "Shot Through the Heart", an HBO movie, or ask your library to get it.)

I AM STRONG
I am strong
I was born in the jungle
I designed a house so stable
that a hundred bombs weren't able
to destroy it

I sat on the roof
and drank tea with a ghost
I got bored in awhile
so I went back inside
I gazed as I stood
just thinking of spring
and the beauty of heaven

I am strong
I was born in the jungle
I designed a house so stable
that a hundred bombs weren't able
to destroy it

For my sister's birthday
I gave her a ring
she liked it so much that she planted a tree
just for me
but my dad is silent, across the river
he has no trees
it's hard to breathe

I am strong
I was born in the jungle
I designed a house so stable
that a hundred bombs weren't able
to destroy it

I stood there and watched him
I sailed across the river
to find a cure for me
but never reached the other side
I am so happy, so alive
I mean, I am so alive
that I don't think I could die

I am strong
I was born in the jungle
I designed a house so stable
that a hundred bombs weren't able
to destroy it