Eerie images of the impending darkness of night heighten the anxious tone of the poem. Kiguli's use of “shadows” is important to consider because they act to represent the women's complete invisibility which was exacerbated during the increasingly violent hours of night. Throughout the poem, the act of hiding becomes synonymous with silence: an overt reference to the countless voices that will never be heard either through death or through. of a preordained gender status. The possibility that these profound voices remain unheard, buried under Hutu extremism, pains Kiguli's soul. Horrific as the situation is, the horror is heightened by the description of the “souls of children who they have never known the taste of morning porridge.” (Kiguli 13-14) Not only are mothers' sexual identities erased, but their innate maternal duties are undermined by destitute living conditions. The free verse form of the poem suits the topic well because it grants Dr. Kiguli the literary freedom needed to express emotions through an unrestricted lens. His ability to capture images with appropriate informal language provides the reader with tangible images to contemplate rather than confusing historical information that would disable all empathetic aspects of the writing. Details