How Can I Go On? By Margaret Sammy;

HOW CAN I GO ON?

How can I go on,

When the world is chasing me

A race I might never win,

My legs fail me.

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I need help,

Not encouragement

Why won’t they listen to me?

I can’t run anymore,

I am just a girl,

Tomorrow’s woman I’m out of breath.

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Can’t you hear me?

I might be trapped in a box,

With my talent strapped in my pouch

I plead for a moment to be heard,

To be seen,

Please don’t say no

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If I do my part,

What about yours?

I am human, Not a machine,

Listen to me,

I beg to be heard

 Margaret Sammy is 10 years old and a sixth grade pupil of Vine International School, Port-Harcourt in Nigeria and a girls’ rights writer.