Heavy Blowing Wind
By Cairo Rudacyahwa
In a heavy blowing wind
In a storm beyond the mind
Critically very hard to define
Defense automatically denied
That’s when the right hand comes in
In a heavy blowing wind
Terribly destruction being anticipated
Marching here and there and still no way
When all the mountains falling down
That’s when the right hand comes in
In a heavy blowing wind
Moving ups and downs still nothing to find
The boundaries and limitations underlying the lives
In that juncture just feeling to be finished
That’s when the right hand comes in
Oh! the right hand the one that values
You the hand that saves for rescuing
You the hand that serves for living
You umbrella during that heavy rain
Ladies and gentlemen living under your shade
While it heavily blows from Eastern to westwards
All southern and northern only thorns
Storm ruling life and the mind to make up no choice
All the ways leading to Rome being absolutely messed up
That’s when the right hand stands up and comes in
Time too hard to accommodate and hard to believe
In those angles shivering and staying hopeless
All those corners like the shade of misfortunate
Always assessing and questioning this course of time
That’s when the right hand comes in
Having completed the primary education and stop
That’s situationally a heavy blowing wind
The fact of completing ordinary level and drop
That’s discouraging blowing wind
Oh! the right hand the one that came to save
Having completed the secondary education
And finally the scene being ended at that school
It’s self a very heavy terrible blowing wind
Imagine yourself and yourselves and flash back
Think of the right hand the hand that gives!
Life is a change life is a competence
Competing to develop knowledge and skills
Building competencies and values
Restricted and limited not to go to school
That’s a terribly a heavy dangerous blowing wind.
Giving you and you the fish will feed you a day
Teaching you to fish will undoubtedly sustain you a lifetime
And this is what the right hand is all about
Taking you to a better world through quality of education
Has importantly stopped a very dangerous blowing wind
Given a scholarships to different universities
That has been reaction about blowing wind
Rather It has been a light and strength to build your mind
If you cannot see it wait time and brain will tell
And good enough the time has come to exhibit the results
The fact of having engineers and lawyers is really the result
Psychologists and sociologists as well linguists are obviously the result
Economists and all others only few to mention is absolutely the result
It’s the most important feedback when we celebrate this graduation
You are no longer graduands and congratulation on you graduates
Being the ripe fruits, the right hand watered the tree in a desert
DAFI has been doing all the best to cater for us
ADRA and UNCHR!! I do not intend to shout but just to share it
You have been tremendously making us capture our potentials
You have been holding our hands and giving us hands not fall
Ladies and gentlemen open your ears with all the minds
Giving is not the much what remains to play the role
But the quality of the heart and mind to really value humankind
Only to taste and feel the pain and loss as yours
Just the kindness and generosity to find the good in you.
During all the time my heart praises not only at this place
Through stories and poems as well actions I give evidences
In darkness that’s when you saw the one who was lost
And gave light to them to continue their journey
Hence reaching to the graduation this mountain of hope
Once more the right hand the hand that values
You have invested in us and we promise you the harvest
The great gift of all has been your hand you never wasted
That will be always the right precious ring to put on
With education you have provided a nonstop progress
My pen will never cease writing about your coming
Graduates! Stand up and light up your fire and shine
You were given the weapon to change the world! Rise!
You have been given the tool to face challenges! Raise!
It is undeniably the power invested in you and me! Rise!!
By the time it is good idea to end and rest!
With a time I will develop this theme
DAFI has reigned deeply in the heart
This poem was presented on 2nd August 2016 during the graduation celebration of 34 refugee students funded by DAFI tertiary Education program. DAFI (German: Deutsche Akademische Flüchtlings Initiative also known as Albert Einstein German Academic Refugee Initiative Fund) is implemented by ADRA Rwanda in partnership with UNHCR. The writer is also a beneficiary of this program wh0 graduated in 2012.
So far, the program has supported over 200 students in tertiary education in the University of Rwanda, private universities, as well as other higher learning institutions in Rwanda.
