![]() Shining blueA Poem by Adriana![]() A mother weeps - she has to send her children to the mines, for shining blue, the poisonous cobalt![]() A mother weeps - she has to send her children to the mines, for shining blue, the poisonous cobalt Men, women, children, the Congolese people, dying young for scraps of money The ground beneath their bare feet roars with richness and they never get to see it The DRC is soaked in its people's blood, being torn apart for its resources Millions of lives lost for the mineral blue, and more will be lost too
This blue fuels our batteries, our screens drip with the blood of the people, that never saw the fruit of their labour For green energy we need more blue, more lives lost, there is a human cost, people But our consciousness is clear, we are saving nature, no tears shed for the people whose blood is spilled for it The eyes blue as cobalt, we don't seem to see the pain, or we do, and then we turn away The Congo is bleeding, it weeps for its people, but nobody weeps for the Congo © 2025 AdrianaAuthor's Note
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Added on March 3, 2025Last Updated on March 3, 2025 Tags: Poem, Congo, Cobalt, Important, Congoisbleeding Author![]() AdrianaBulgariaAboutI'm Adriana, I'm 16 years old and I've loved writing ever since I learned to write, so I am on this app to share it with you and see ur writing as welll more..Writing
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