The Child That Beat the Odds

When I met you I didn't know your story
You played and acted like any other, you had no worries

When I got to know you and your family you became like my own
I got to enjoy days of talks and strong caffeine in different tones

When I became close I heard your story so sad but true
How you became who you were was amazingly true

You came here for a better life but why did you run away
You ran from a group that had kidnapped you and you had to keep away

You ran from no help, you ran because no one choose to help
You ran because your family was tortured this was the constant life you felt

We take a lot for granted here in a safe home we have never felt it
We never felt the pain of being hurt like you had felt

Family That Was Not my Own

A mother was left all alone
Her children orphaned in this native land I called home

A family went through its trials no one can know
Beaten by the memories, its memories flow

Rich in belief they struggle through the odds of time
Each step they make fighting the past times

A family that was not my own
They never knew it by my tone

A mother was left all alone
Her children orphaned in this native land I call home