Parihaka poem

Angry fires are surrounding me,

Fast burning the walls of my comforting home,

My parents have abandoned me, I’m all alone in this painful 
And unfair world,

What have I done to deserve this torture?

These poor conditions and destruction?

I have no delicious food of refreshing water,

Surrounded by emotional people who are dying of diseases 
And starvation,

I wait for Te Whiti and Tohu to finish this war,

I smell the blood, I hear the screams,

Parihaka is filled with awful terror,

I know that the only thing that I can do is wait for death to 
Come for me,

By Kirrin.