By Benjamin Guarken Chiman, Juba, South Sudan
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For you, I will be!
Though you continue killing yourselves,
Though you continue to hate yourselves,
Though you badly betray yourselves and bruise yourselves,
Though you deadly divide yourselves, based on tribal sentiment, I will always be there!
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For you I will be!
I will be there for you,
Though you have filled my face with your blood,
Though you have misused my resources for you,
I will be there for you though you kill yourselves, I am your mother.
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For you I will be there!
I will be, to love you all, to embraces you all,
I will be there to produce for you all and always
I will always remain fertile; I am South Sudan your mother who cries!!
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For you I will be!
Until you embrace yourselves,
Until you lay down your guns against each other,
Until you all become one people, my lovely children,
Until you become one nation, I will always be for you, my own blood.
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I will always be there!
To feed you, to suckle you,
I will always be there to give you all living creatures,
All Creatures of beauty, all creatures of wealth,
I will continue producing oil for you and your generations.
Gold will always be there for you and your generations.
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For you I will be there! I will be here!!
Until you know my resources are yours,
Until you learn that I am always plentiful,
I will always be there! I will be here!!
I will carry the Nile for you; I will produce all sought of fruits.
I will keep you healthy and wealthy; I am South Sudan your mother who nourishes you!!
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For you I will be!
I will always be there,
Until you turn your guns into African gums and sell it to the outside world.
I will remain until you unite in my face and use my resources among you all equitably,
Until life is equal, I will be there. I will be here.
I am South Sudan your mother who speaks!!
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For you, I will be there Deng, Ukec, Gatluak, Wani, and Kuma. I am for all tribes!!
Until you become one nation, I am South Sudan your mother who cares for you!!
Until you become one people! I will always be there! I will be here!
I am a south Sudanese by nationality, have MBBS in medicine, from Bahr University- Sudan
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You can reach the poet via his email: guarken@gmail.com
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