Finding My Family

By Patricia Jabbeh Wesley 

Good friend, please help me

Did you happen to see

two boys when you lived in Kataka?

One dark, chubby?

The other, light with dark eyes?

Good friend,

did you see them while you lived in Ganta?

One would have been ten

and the other this tall.

My big boy, Nyema, the small one, Doeteh.

Good friend, can you tell me

if they went to Tapeta?

Were they given weapons, did they kill?

Good friend, can you say

if they walked to Bassa?

Did they starve to death?

Good friend, can you say

if there was a mother walking by their side?

Was she healthy? was she treated well?

Oh, good friend, so this is where

they took them out of line?

Good friend, were they hungry

when they met their end?

Oh, good friend, I will follow

to wrap up their bones.

Thank you, good friend

But how will I know their bones?

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