Just somewhere there

A place never dreamt of

Far in the south of the south

In a place enveloped with mountains

There located my habitation

As if once upon a time

The reality of told tales

Moon light helps tell who’s there

Tap water sounds rubbish

All know one another even at night

God’s calendar exists for all

A year of living as thousands

As if service will never end

Selfless and endless sacrifice here

Come to stay as companion

Evil is here with us everyday

Youths dying at prime

Wick one dining uninvited

50 years old man at a spot

Yes, all we see in this place

Church exist as if they are not

Pastors could have concubines

Twelve could pregnant here

Fatherless are countless here

Poverty embraced everyone in this place

Cheating is the way of life

Adultery and fornication norms

From church to beer joint

From rags to rags, but doesn’t matter

Once we could get ‘hot’ drink

Yes, where poor and the rich are alike

Where the poor chose to remain poor

The hopeless never make efforts

Young girls struggle for sex

And the men never satisfied

Yes, we leave in shop-home

Go miles in bush to release

Bath in a thatched palm bathroom

Where comfort doesn’t matter

Here, selfless service is obvious

We place our live on line

Exposed to malaria and typhoid

Eat carbon-hydrate unmixed

Pile smiled and fever touched

No hospital, poor clinic

But yet joy fills our heart

That we serve our fatherland

We put service before self

We speak, preach and evangelize

We save souls, educate and counsel

As if all to no avail

But the impact was felt

Yes, long later, gradual change

Hope is brought, they can make it

Things has fallen in lines

The courageous, home we go

Done the little we could

Our service to humanity and unto God

Peace of God we leave for them

Not as the world gives as said

Yes we shall see again

Students, corps, meet again

Where I don’t know, someday

As we meet to part,

Yet we part to meet again