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“In the innocence of youth, the world is a canvas for imagination. I didn’t see boundaries, only endless possibilities, even if they lay beyond the horizon”
― Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled
― Through Tragedy and Triumph: A Life Well Traveled
“To be a refugee is to be split in two. One half buried in memories. The other is begging the world to let it bloom.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“I didn’t turn pain into power overnight. I sat with it. Named it. Then rewrote it.
And now it’s not just a scar. It’s a sentence in my blueprint.”
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And now it’s not just a scar. It’s a sentence in my blueprint.”
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“If you’ve ever felt dismissed, let me say this clearly: Their inability to see your value doesn’t diminish your worth. It only reveals that their vision is blurred.”
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“She carried the weight of a world
that refused to see her.
Yet, she stood tall,
a quiet strength no book could contain.
My mother, a dreamer in chains.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
that refused to see her.
Yet, she stood tall,
a quiet strength no book could contain.
My mother, a dreamer in chains.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“And when the TV wasn’t on,
I’d hear music.
Usher’s voice filled the room.
His love song carried me far away
from the tiny space I called home.
I’d sing along to My Boo
and close my eyes.
Imagining a life where love
was kind and safe.
Where I was free.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
I’d hear music.
Usher’s voice filled the room.
His love song carried me far away
from the tiny space I called home.
I’d sing along to My Boo
and close my eyes.
Imagining a life where love
was kind and safe.
Where I was free.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“The watchtower is still there, I bet.
But I am no longer confined by it.
I have climbed higher, thrived,
and built a life that no longer
fits within its narrow walls.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
But I am no longer confined by it.
I have climbed higher, thrived,
and built a life that no longer
fits within its narrow walls.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“Greed fuels war, for war is profitable.
As long as there are profits,
peace is but a fable.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
As long as there are profits,
peace is but a fable.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“When will we wake up, see the cycle of abuse.
The mental slavery,
the aid with one hand, guns they produce.
Causing war, then posing as the savior.
Keeping the world blind.
They see no evil, they hear no plight,
and they speak not a word,
hiding the truth from our sight.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
The mental slavery,
the aid with one hand, guns they produce.
Causing war, then posing as the savior.
Keeping the world blind.
They see no evil, they hear no plight,
and they speak not a word,
hiding the truth from our sight.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“They hurt and save, then hurt and save
the cycle spins like a wheel.
When will we wake up.
When will we see that greed
fuels wars, and wars are profitable?”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
the cycle spins like a wheel.
When will we wake up.
When will we see that greed
fuels wars, and wars are profitable?”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“When will we wake,
when will we see,
the real oppressors' hypocrisy?”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
when will we see,
the real oppressors' hypocrisy?”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“They call us forgotten.
Dust in the breeze.
But how do you forget
the roots of the trees?”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
Dust in the breeze.
But how do you forget
the roots of the trees?”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“We are Kush.
We are Meroë.
But they won’t teach you this in school.
They won’t name the ancient rule,
They won’t tell you how far we reached.
Only how little we’re allowed to teach.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
We are Meroë.
But they won’t teach you this in school.
They won’t name the ancient rule,
They won’t tell you how far we reached.
Only how little we’re allowed to teach.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“We are not myth.
We are the math and the original path.
They speak of Egypt, forget our kings.
They show you Giza, hide Meroë’s crown.
Where two hundred pyramids
still look down.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
We are the math and the original path.
They speak of Egypt, forget our kings.
They show you Giza, hide Meroë’s crown.
Where two hundred pyramids
still look down.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“I am Sudan. And I do not beg.
I carry warriors in my legs.
I walk like a prophecy. I light like a flame.
I was never small, just wrongly named.
In every land, I stand tall.
You cannot exile what built it all.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
I carry warriors in my legs.
I walk like a prophecy. I light like a flame.
I was never small, just wrongly named.
In every land, I stand tall.
You cannot exile what built it all.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“Often, refugees think the worst is over as they arrive at their new homes, only to find new struggles
emerges under a different sun.”
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emerges under a different sun.”
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“A border does not make one holy.
A passport does not make one pure.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
A passport does not make one pure.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“The greatest tool of injustice is fear.
People use fear to control.
They use silence to protect power.
They use ignorance to ensure obedience.”
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People use fear to control.
They use silence to protect power.
They use ignorance to ensure obedience.”
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“Scars are not meant to be hidden.
They are proof that you lived.
Proof that you healed.
Proof that you made it through.”
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They are proof that you lived.
Proof that you healed.
Proof that you made it through.”
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“Your scars are not your shame; they’re your coordinates. They point to the places you’ve already survived.”
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
― Dreamer In Chains: Poems of Exile and Resilience
“Pain plants the seeds of power. But we have to decide if we’ll water it with resentment, or with purpose.”
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“Leadership doesn’t come from titles, it comes from tending to your own wounds and still choosing to lift others.”
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“We carry things long after the moment has passed. The offhand remark. The missed opportunity. The ‘not good enough’ echoing in our heads.
You don’t owe your future the weight of someone else’s failure to see you.”
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You don’t owe your future the weight of someone else’s failure to see you.”
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“Their inability to see your value doesn’t diminish your worth. It only reveals that their vision is blurred.”
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