Our poet laureate, Marion Maxson, sent me a new poem. With so many terrible events all over the world, the Rohingya humanitarian crisis has been pushed to the back burner. The government of Myanmar has forced almost a million people from Rohingya to leave their homes and flee to Bangladesh as refugees.
If you want to learn more, here’s a link to Doctors Without Borders:
Peace,
Arnie Matlin for GVCP
No Name
Rohingya baby
in Bangladesh
Rohingya Mama
just 14
Raped by soldiers
Scorned
No Rohingya man
will marry you now.
Shamed by the community
that should welcome you,
help you heal,
comfort you.
No one will help you
to name your baby
– – – –
I will name your baby
“Hope”
May she,
born in sorrow
born a slave
born out of horror
May she
tiny, perfect new-born baby
Bring you
hope!
© 2019 Marion Maxson