I'm Hani, Poet and RACS Ambassador.
I wanted to share with you my poem - 'I Will Rise'.
I wrote this when I was held in Christmas Island, as a tribute to the great Maya Angelou.
Because people will rise, it doesn't matter what happens. There is always hope on the horizon.
I Will Rise by Hani Abdile
You now lock me in detention and damage my hopes But it's like dust And one day, one day I will rise
You may avoid my sadness and send me to Manus But one day, one day I will rise
You may hide the reality and break my heart But one day, one day I will rise
Why can't you help me? Why can't you help me? I might be a female who needs assistance from you
You may send me to other countries and shoot me with your words But one day, one day I will rise
You may punish me by saying lies But one day, one day I will rise
You may kill me with your hateful actions But it's like air And one day, one day I will rise
You may never care about my awful past and enjoy my tears But one day I will rise
I might have bad memories rooted in pain But one day, one day I will rise
I may have left a fear-filled life, a fear-filled life full of horror But one day I will rise
Does my mind, does my mind upset you so full of thoughts? I'm an asylum seeker, I am an asylum seeker who seeks for freedom and doesn't have anywhere else to go
Does it come, does it come as a surprise to you that no matter what you have done to me I will forgive you?
Wherever you send me as long as I see the sun rise and the moon come up
I will rise. I will rise. I will rise.
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