FROM THE UNMADE CHILDREN BY PETER SALAMA TISAN

We are created in heaven, 
We are made on earth. 
While the Trinity mold us and breathe 
life into us, 
Our parents form us and give us identities.  

Our families give us the life we now live, 
The society only strengthens that life. 
A man is a product of the society, 
But first of all manufactured in a family.  

Parents,like tailors 
And we, like unsewn clothings, 
Are left helplessly, at the mercy    
of our parents 
To sew us based on their knowledge and wisdom.  

At risk are we,  
when our parents know nothing  on child upbringing. 
The same calamity  befalls your piece of clothing, 
When the tailor is devoid of skill.  

Parents: 
When you lack understanding in raising    
godly children, 
Don't call us forth.  
If you are not ready to fight for us on your    knees, 
Leave us alone, don't bother beckoning.  
If you won't give preference to our     
spiritual education, 
Allow us to stay back in heaven.  
If giving us back to God and laying us down on the   
 altar will constitute a problem,
 Then, forget us!  
If you are not ready to tame our   lives;
 Control what we see,  
What we hear and speak, 
What we touch and feel 
And where we go to seek gold
Do not bring us into this world.  

For in jeopardy do you put Christ,   
His plan and purpose.
Cause, we are created in heaven, 
We are made on earth.