Today is April 7th
I woke up this morning to complete
quietness.
No people are walking and talking their
way to work before dawn.
Kids are not out playing an early morning
football game.
The last community drunk isn't wandering
home and singing a song.
Even the multitude of birds were not
chattering away.
The neighbourhood house help was not
banging pots and pans as they were being washed
No cars are moving
No construction noises - dump trucks, no
cement mixers, no teams of workers calling out to each other
Even our dog Lucy rests.
It's 9:47 am and a lone bird tweets.
Today Rwanda remembers.
Today marks 23 years.
Today we reflect on the past, mourn with
those who mourn and embrace the hope we have in the future.
Never Again
And yet ... around the world it is
happening. Even today.
That adds to the sadness of Rwanda.
The genocide that happened here, was it
not enough?
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