Galls of Heaven
By Riak Marial Riak, Juba, South Sudan
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Over the hills,
where our eyes play,
in wintry flood and amazing winds
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We beeline to kiss the wind and it kisses our nose,
Are we happy there then?
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To see mist rounding the galls of heaven
Seeing our black hearts closed by tears and chased by torrent.
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Humanity we go,
we pray for our souls that parade behind the yonder galls of mistful heaven
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And dances beside the churches
Until they leaks.
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We built for our life this ladder of fallest.
We shed the tears and behind the galls of heaven we see our heads in wilderness.
We are lie of ourselves.
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Footnotes
- Winter’s flood and the amazing winds
- There’s no love on earth like where in heaven forgiveness shines upon men
- Earth here is full of hate waters
- When we love, we give peace to human life
- We dance near cemeteries
- This gloom
- Where’s light