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Not a child anymore
He was a boy
Forced to become a man
He held a rifle in his hand
Small children were afraid of him
Adults feared what he had become
Yet, they could not see the trapped,innocent boy in his eyes
Who had lost so much
Seen so much
Done so much harm to his own people
They could not see how broken he was
Or how much pain he was in
Or how much he wished he could sleep forever
They only saw a terrorist, a tyrant, a person unworthy of living
An abomination
They forgot that he was only a child
Robbed of his own childhood, education and freedom
Made to be soldier, a weapon that was easily controlled and manipulated
He was told that he would never amount to anything
He was worth nothing
He felt no emotion
Yet in his heart he will never forgive himself for all the pain he caused
