Wait, you said
so I waited 30 years
even though I see your
children grown into adults

I am introducing myself
I am a Solomon Islander(Pacific Islands region)
and yes your right never
heard of it.
we are used to people not
knowing where our country is,
making it more isolated
English is my third language,
yap, I write fluent then speaking
it.
my wish is to visit Switzerland just to
see chocolates and chocolates..
I am sorry hello poetry for not contributing, I wish I could
but in my country its hard getting a visa card.

April fools day is coming
can not wait either I will be a year
older on April and yet

April is coming, and I am dreading
what it always brought, riot, flash floods, landslides, political unrest, measles and death toll

April had so far killed more people than a whole year combined.
and I am afraid to know what else is coming, please April let my country be corona virus free

celebrating my youngest son's birthday
with no money but  with my thoughts
another birthday will come and things
may change

saying my last prayer of thanks
and hoping I have been forgiven

skipping through lists of my last meal
which remind me of mum's cooking

if death comes knocking
I am ready to be free again

crawling into the darkness of unknown
screaming at the top of my voice
hearing only the sigh of pain and despair
holding on to the past that no longer exist
my body eking with the odor of fear
hoping for just a shed of light to appear