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The victims (For the Bosnian muslims)
Torture and terror
They taste
Without break
Madness and horror
Unlimited
They witness
Oppression and aggression
They face
Without respite
Sadness and sorrow
They feel
Without end
Will and strength
They possess
Yet without arms
They’re helpless
Our collective conscience being dead
And our listening ears now deaf
Just as our watching eyes close again
Their yells for help is but in vain.
Mohammed Garba Bawa
EDITOR’S NOTE
Originally published in Citizen on 01 Nov 1993, p. 39. This diplomatic transcription preserves the wording and lineation visible in the archived page.