My life is existence
absence
without essence
I have become body
without a soul
without tears
Curled into my emptiness
I am blind to the world around
I no longer see
All these children
All these women
All these men
With eyes weighed down with suffering
Curled into my self
Indifferent I don’t even think of
All these children
All these women
All these men
Whose life is despair
Yet I could help
I could touch them
To make their suffering lighter
Yet I could change
Their eyes weighed down with sorrow
Into smiles laughter joy hope
I will now get out of my self
To blossom
Into life presence essence
To uplift empower
Exist live
I choose to live
To make a difference
Aïda