Shall Be Heard

Shall Be Heard - Bill Madden

See the mother

Her vacant eyes

Belly bloated

And freckled with flies

Damned is this barren

Land of blood and dust

Where no pearl millet

Can reap harvest

Don't turn away

Don't turn away don't

Mother mother mother

Your suffering in silence

Shall be heard

'Neath a giant

Baobob tree

Janjaweed gather

For the merciless deed

What once was murder

Is now genocide

By guns and attrition

And apathy's appetite

Don't turn away

Don't turn away don't

Mother mother mother

Your suffering in silence

Far too long ignored

Your suffering in silence

Shall be heard

Shall be heard

Shall be heard