I wish, I wish…
I wrote a poem about a girl named Kagne that was taken as a slave on the slave ship The Amistad. I used some true facts that I researched and found from reading my teacher’s book Africa Is My Home. Be sure to look at the collage above that I did along with this poem. Enjoy!
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Kagne
I miss the comforts of my home
I miss my four sisters and brothers
Speaking in Mende was so familiar
These white ghosts make Mende seem wrong
I wish I could be home
The Amistad means friendship
But I think that’s wrong
They treat us like we’re nothing
They push us around with their
Harsh, cold hands
They treat us like we’re nothing
What we have to eat is barely anything
I wish I wish
I could be back home
No more Amistad
I wish I wish
I could be back home
The sweet smells of Africa
I wish I wish
To be home where I belong