THE LAST TRAIN (القطار الأخير) Poem by Akol Miyen Kuol

Let us check that train
Let us check it
Before it leaves this station
Let us check what is wrong with it

It killed a number of people on the way
Let us find out its problem today

Let us listen to the passengers
Who were on board
Let us listen to the passengers
Who are still on board

Some people attribute its defect
To the main driver
Others attribute it to all our drivers

O brother and sister
Let us check our only train
Because there is no other train
This is the second and the last train
Let us save it till it reaches it's last station

Oh! Brothers and sisters
Let us save the lives
Of the remaining passengers
For
Friends
Sisters
Brothers
Parents
Land and relatives
Are waiting for us

There is something enough
Waiting for all of us
Despite our number, different ages
Or background there is something enough
For all of us

Oh, let us repair our last train
For it is the only hope
For the whole nation


Note: This poem is from the poet Akol Miyen Kuol's second poetry book entitled 'The Last Train' which was first published in England in 2003. For more on Akol's revolutionary and peace poems, kindly get yourself a copy of the book from Amazon