just like am dreaming
i found myself being swallowed by darkness
i put my lamp out
and i tried hard to squeeze my eyes
i can't fall asleep, my bed is made with mud
i can't fall asleep, my mattress is full of dust
i can't fall asleep, mosquitoes are biting me
finally i slowly drift off to sleep
next morning i wake up struggling to breath
as a young girl i had dreams
my ambitions were unreachable in the bare ground of no hopes
i had no home, or a place to call home, or a place to belong.
what the future holds for me became a mystery
i woke up everyday with my dreams in my heart
i only lived to get through each day
in the bare land of no hopes
yet my spirit as young girl did not die
i might have no hope but i had courage to stay strong and high up like air.