MY EYES SPEAK
Anne Dunford
Look at me
look at my eyes
what do you see?
I am strong
I won’t give up hope
all Afghan women must have hope
we want our freedom back
we want to go out on our own
go out without brothers or fathers
we want to go out to work
not just work at home
they make excuses - we wait
we study whatever we can
we hope for more education
they make more excuses - we wait
we don’t give up
look at me
look at my eyes
what do you see?
I am strong believe me
Anne Dunford's poems have been published in various poetry magazines and anthologies including Dawntreader and Southlight, also on Poetry Scotland’s website Open Mouse and StAnza’s poetry map of Scotland. She read from her illustrated collection of poems ‘From the Mountains to the Sea’ at the 2021 Big Lit in Gatehouse and was also commissioned to write a poem for the 2021 Wigtown Book Festival’s ‘Hello Stranger’.
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