Why have I been so hungry?

Why am I so hungry ?Why am I so hungry ?

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I've waited all day for my cup of gruelI've waited all day for my cup of gruel

My stomach hurts

There are so many of us.There are so many of us.I subsist as best I can.I subsist as best I can.

I sit still; that way I don’t get too dizzy.

My parents died during the fighting.

A cloud of dust covers my body, the flies buzz A cloud of dust covers my body, the flies buzz around my eyes.around my eyes.

They tell me I'm lucky to be alive. They tell me I'm lucky to be alive. am Iam I??

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I've seen so many guns, so many people being I've seen so many guns, so many people being killed. It is good that I am too weak to have killed. It is good that I am too weak to have

nightmares.nightmares.

Sometimes I watch the bugs crawling around. They Sometimes I watch the bugs crawling around. They seem to have such purpose. I work on continuing to seem to have such purpose. I work on continuing to

breathebreathe….….

I don't remember the last time I laughed. It must I don't remember the last time I laughed. It must have been when my mom was holding me, before have been when my mom was holding me, before the fighting began. That seems so long ago….the fighting began. That seems so long ago….

I hold on tight to something. Maybe it's called hopeI hold on tight to something. Maybe it's called hope..