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The pain in my heart is strong

It beats me black and blue

As it strangles itself tightly around my body.

Thump, thump, thump

The suffering around the world is too much

People dying, 

starving

Wars seem to sprout everywhere we look

There is no peace, 

no love

Thump, thump

My heart beats to the suffering of the world

Lives lost

Lives destroyed

Thump 

My body aches,

My soul crushed.

Youma Ndiaye

Augustana '26

Youma is a Psychology major, a creative writing and philosophy minor studying at Augustana College. She loves to read and write, watch tv shows/movies, and sometimes loves to paint.