{"id":9421,"date":"2020-10-21T14:05:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/?p=9421"},"modified":"2020-10-21T14:13:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T19:13:38","slug":"my-heart-is-a-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/pt\/my-heart-is-a-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"My Heart Is a Battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>This poem by Ivanova Nono Fotso of Cameroon placed first in our September writing contest.\u00a0Contest participants were invited to respond to this prompt\u00a0in 400 words or less: <strong>&#8220;Write a psalm or poem that expresses to God your pain over injustice, racism, violence, poverty or some other challenge in your country and your cry for His intervention.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Twenty-five writers from a dozen nations submitted entries in this English contest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Beautifully written, compelling message about love,&#8221; the contest judges described Ivanova&#8217;s poem. &#8220;Great imagination poured into every stanza. Very affecting piece of work especially when the poem turns inward and we discover [the author] is the problem. This kind of vulnerability is what makes the poem really powerful!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Contest judges Lillian Tindyebwa and Betty Kituyi of Uganda founded Uganda Faith Writers Association and Quiet Garden Publishing. Lillian&#8217;s\u00a0novel <em>Recipe for Disaster<\/em> is used as reader in lower secondary schools. She is also a university lecturer for English and Literature.\u00a0Betty is a poet with\u00a0two published poetry books; a leading science educator and award-winning mentor of young women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>My Heart Is a Battlefield<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Ivanova Nono Fotso\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">25 million inhabitants, 280 tribes, over 250 native languages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What you hear is the power of numbers<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And the musicality of our languages.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is muted are the taunts at dialects,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Like mine that sounds funny.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My accent and surname are Shibboleths<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That can deprive me of my rights.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What you see is the uniformity of one race<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Right from the cradle where they are all so cute.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is hidden from your eyes are the shades of black,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Which the ears of newborns already betray,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And that measure our beauty,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From the ugliest to the fairest.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What you cheer is the diversity of our national team<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And the freedom of speech of our political parties.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is at stake behind the scenes\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Is my safety in the neighborhood,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When the flat-footed player is my namesake<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And the failed candidate, my fellow tribesman.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">No, my country is not at war;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The real battle is fought in my heart:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Love against hatred, love against fear.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fear blows: &#8220;Flee away! This place is not safe.&#8221;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hatred strikes: &#8220;Hate them back! Stab them with your words. &#8220;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">O Lord! Come and help me!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I don&#8217;t want to hate my brother,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I don&#8217;t want to fear my neighbor,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I don\u2019t want to despise myself,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But I no longer have the strength to love.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I come to learn from you.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I want to reflect your love.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You knew the feelings expressed, and the resentments hidden.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You saw the times when hate won, and actions taken.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet you loved us with a love \u202fthat led you to the cross.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Love is not blind;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It sees offenses, and offers forgiveness.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Love is not weak;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It swims against the tide of impulsive reactions,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To bring healing to the broken heart.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If I can help my neighbor,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Without asking which tribe he is from;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If I can rejoice and mourn with my compatriot,\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Not dwelling on the harm we have done to ourselves,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If I can lift up for my fellow men a sincere prayer of blessing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And not that of retribution,<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Then good will have overcome evil.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Love will have won the battle.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">At least in my heart.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:252}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9422\" src=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ivanova-headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ivanova-headshot.jpeg 224w, https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Ivanova-headshot-146x187.jpeg 146w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><em><strong>Ivanova Nono Fotso<\/strong> is a children\u2019s author and scriptwriter. Her work has been published by PJA \u2013 Publications pour la Jeunesse Africaine, in the form of comics and illustrated books. She led workshops on scriptwriting in Abidjan, 2014 with Comix35, and Ghana, 2019 at LittAfrica. She lives in Yaounde, Cameroon.\u202f<\/em><\/span><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt;Read the runner-up in our September writing contest, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/maiglobal.org\/pt\/my-sisters-keeper\/\">My Sister&#8217;s Keeper<\/a>,&#8221; by Christina Ko of\u00a0the U.S.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Write to Win! Enter our two remaining writing contests. 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