A girl from Kigali
wrote to me in July
Her eyes burning with a request
Light in her face
A story of pain
Hope unquenched
asking for friendship
without a headache
her skin like cocoa beans
flushed with youth
words that should be understood
she was once a student in a university
reading accounting
but fate played a note
leaving her grieving
Family lost
her country at war
Seeking refuge in Senegal
Just like a heart yearning for a home
Could I be a friend
assuage her loneliness
A puzzle presented
what to decide
Give trust to a strangers hand
I gave an ear to what she said
And kept the other
In case this was weird
How this will end
O what a Wonder
for my mystery girl
from Rwanda.