"MY LAND" and yours

Once we were an outstanding Land,
Once we had the power in our hand,
The unpolluted air,
The fresh fruits that you planted in your own farm,
Tasted so Good,

Let’s just say we….. Were the land in control,
Our land was like no other land,
It was beautiful like the stars up in the sky,
It was astounding like the years that passed away,

You didn’t have to worry about your children,
Because every got along so well.
There was nothing to worry about,
Not having to deal with tax issues,
Not having to worry about bills,
Not having to depend on pay check after pay check,


Life was sweet,
It all started with minor fights,
Dealing with tribes,
So as days go by our motherland is on its last legs,
Or should I say is vanishing,
I guess ignorance was the key to distraction for our country,


I stand here before you sharing the little piece of memories I have
About my motherland,
I don’t remember the last time we had peace,
The war that began
In the year 91 is still going on,
You see it is not everybody that makes our land unsafe,
For our future children,

Is those violent gun men that keep this nonsense burning,
They are not contemplating on their children’s future,
For as far as I’m concerned they are the most selfish beings on earth,
They need to be punished,
Since they are oppressing the innocent peace loving Somalia people,
They need to be punished,
Since oppression is one of the 70 major sins,
I believe they completely deserve it,

I don’t understand how they can kill anyone,
I don’t understand how they sleep at night after
They’ve just killed someone,
I wonder where they think they’ll end up after they die,
They certainly don’t ask for forgiveness because….
They keep on killing/ robbing innocent people,
They claim that they are Muslims,
But if they are Muslims,
Why are they doing this to each other?



In one way I’m extremely disappointed,
And sad about how things are back in our homelands,
I guess most of us got used to the American life style,
That we forgot about our own land,
Needing us,

I wonder when Somalia will be back to being that beautiful nation it once was,
What happened to our national anthem?
What makes a nation?
When its own people are at war within themselves?
What is the quality of the country when its people are not putting effort to make the land any better,
I guess our people forgot what we had once,
I guess they forgot the beauty of Somalia,
Our land is still living in the dim,
Instead of living in the glow,
Hopeful by the grace of God we will,
One day come together as a nation and make it,