Over 200 schoolgirls,
what difference does it make?
If there were only one ten or eight,
they were never yours to take
Hadija, Febi, Chioma,
should be in all of our heads,
but are instead
in a filthy man's bed.
We are the hands
that need to hold their mothers
or wipe away the tears
of their broken baby brothers
One found schoolgirl
the difference that would make
to be held in her fathers arms
they were never yours to take
May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014 at 11:06 AM UTC
Over 200 schoolgirls,
what difference does it make?
If there were only one ten or eight,
they were never yours to take
Hadija, Febi, Chioma,
should be in all of our heads,
but are instead
in a filthy man's bed.
We are the hands
that need to hold their mothers
or wipe away the tears
of their broken baby brothers
One found schoolgirl
the difference that would make
to be held in her fathers arms
they were never yours to take
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