20 years have passed

20 years have passed and I finally got back 

Should I be happy to see my wife, the woman that became the love of my life 

Or should I be sad for all the men that gave me trust 

And now they are nothing but remaining dust

Step after step my mind rains with thoughts on my heart 

All these years and the seven seas couldn’t keep us apart 

All these years and I never forgot the groove between us 

All these years and you’re still the woman that I trust 

I got close to my house and my breath and feelings got stacked and started to hold 

And I started wondering about all the rumours that I’ve been told 

I fought death and life to come back to my beautiful wife

  The woman that the line of life lay between her eyes

I got to my house and I saw my wife waiting for me and that all the rumours were lies 

“Step back” she said with a confused voice and scared

My breath stops as my heart and thoughts into her eyes got pulled

I felt every stitch scream and tear until my heart got broke

For not believing you, us you should not blame 

Do this task and you shall prove your claim

I proved my claim and I am the one that you should blame

And I answered all the question that I got asked 

My wife, after all these years I’m finally back 

And I can feel your sorrow eating my heart like a toxic stain

Forgive me, I just wanted to say that my love for you cannot be contained 

I wiped the tears of her eyes and said “my wife don’t cry 

20 years have went by and for a look of your eyes I will live and I would die 

20 years have passed and our suffer should not last 

and we shall live happy together from now on until the last” 

*The poem was written by one of the members of the Teenage Theatre Group of Network of Children’s Rights for the play “The voyage of O.” and was shared to the audience in the end of the play.