Asmah Najib

...I am the village that starved because nobody noticed

I am the tears and blood of Sierra Leone’s children
I am the surge of anger we all eventually let in

I am the thousands that die…

I wrote this poem because of several reasons. It kind of shows how I feel we all never have time to slow down in life, but the overall message is to promote individuality…

This was actually powered from my reaction of September 11th. I was just as devistated, just as pained as the rest of America, yet, people judged me…