Tears for the orphans
05 October 2015
PHILIP KAUPA
An entry in the 2015 Rivers Award
for Writing on Peace & Harmony
Dedicated to the Irugl orphanage
at the foot of Mt Wilhelm, Simbu
I have been to places
but nowhere have I been like this
Where roads hardly take
Where planes cannot make
There within the rugged walls
where the breezes whisper and a mist falls
Where juicy red berries grow wild
among famous sunflower fields
My soul bathes in tears
as I see myself in their eyes
Gathered little ones and their elders
a true home they find here
Their heritage denied
but their destiny not defied
Their innocence has been realised
The efforts of a saint with no prize
They are not fosters
but orphans
They gather stronger each to each
comforted by the likes of church
And selfless efforts of some
who believes in humanities wholesome
Orphans they are for today
but they'll never be for everyday
For their dreams are as high as a tower
forever like their everlasting flower
Though their soul is as soft as berries
they are hard with hopes of the fairest
Thus far they came
and deserve to be in the game
For they will never be forever orphans
Yes Daniel, the everlasting mountain daisy bunches. Get a picture of them and remember them forever for they will never wither. Wan yakilum oh!...
Thanks all and if you know this place don't forget them for they deserve special attention.
Posted by: Philip G Kaupa | 06 October 2015 at 07:49 AM
Philip, Kamim oh...you wrote for all of us who went up there. The 'famous sun flower fields' - did you mean the everlasting mountain daisy bunches they gave each one of us? I will keep mine until they wither..
Posted by: Daniel Ipan Kumbon | 06 October 2015 at 03:48 AM
Very buoyant and captivating, beautiful piece
Posted by: Bessielah David | 05 October 2015 at 02:08 PM
This one is coming from the heart...good one Philip & thanks.
Posted by: Arnold Mundua | 05 October 2015 at 01:06 PM
I can see Irugl Orphanage through this beautiful piece. Prayers for the children and those heavens earthly angels for their support and kind heartedness.
Posted by: Dominica Are | 05 October 2015 at 12:37 PM