A Poem: Back Way Speaks!
By Yero Jallow
I am the back way
the attractive dream of the alienated youths
even though everyone chastises me aloud
i give hope to the youths who are denied a home
those denied freedom and economic security in their home countries.
I am the back way
though I have taken lives in the deserts and seas
I still lid my lamp for many out in the perilous journey
With tough love, I lifted the youths on my ugly back across
And carried them ashore to greater lands or to eternity.
I am the back way
for nations with bad leadership and economic insecurity
Now that you don’t want me support the dreaming youths
Convince me why I should stop
then and only then, I will yield your loud outcry.