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Xenophobia
The stink of color portraits self hate
Xenophobia a pestilence growing stronger everyday
Africa Against itself in every possible way
I curse the womb of mother Africa for her children stand as divided
Rainbow nation is a lie that got us blinded
If not practiced by those who remain single track minded
White nor black, to primitives ways we are not going there
Cut I'll bleed, we have but a moment why spend it on greed
Like Kane and Abel we've turned against each other will we ever be at peace?
Given no sign for cause
We stain this beautiful land with wars
Blood of our fallen brothers and sisters burn in the sky
I stand for unity and abolish pride
In the dawn of the night I hear mother Africa cry
I hear a Shot in the dark another son of Africa die
Xenophobia a pestilence growing stronger everyday
Africa Against itself in every possible way
I curse the womb of mother Africa for her children stand as divided
Rainbow nation is a lie that got us blinded
If not practiced by those who remain single track minded
White nor black, to primitives ways we are not going there
Cut I'll bleed, we have but a moment why spend it on greed
Like Kane and Abel we've turned against each other will we ever be at peace?
Given no sign for cause
We stain this beautiful land with wars
Blood of our fallen brothers and sisters burn in the sky
I stand for unity and abolish pride
In the dawn of the night I hear mother Africa cry
I hear a Shot in the dark another son of Africa die
Published 14th May 2018
Author's Note
The history of South Africa has always been written in blood in 2008 and 2012 we experienced xenophobia... Black against black.... Please note the video of this poem is too graphic
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15th May 2018 2:52am
as a mid dill aged (albeit boyish looking) older caulk caged in fellow, an excess of sorrow wells up gleaning the rampant bigotry, despicable friggin hate keeping the color divide alive decades after the supposed pomp and circumstances touting legislation allowing, enabling, and promoting opportunities for those persons born other than lily white!
i never found comfort with this Janus faced faux ethos feigning great help lavished upon the common darker skinned brethren, whose exclusion (predicated on pigmentation of their epidermis) set him/her as less worthy upon gasping (inhaling) his/her first gasp of breath until end of life a last exhalation brings death, and the only relief from an existence punctuated with prejudice!
argh! my sickening disgust at the current brutal roll back of civil rights ushered forward with Barack Obama and those democrats who strove to even the playing field, which figurative greensward pitted with uprooted proud trunks, and scattered limbs amidst pock marked hostile plot.
i never found comfort with this Janus faced faux ethos feigning great help lavished upon the common darker skinned brethren, whose exclusion (predicated on pigmentation of their epidermis) set him/her as less worthy upon gasping (inhaling) his/her first gasp of breath until end of life a last exhalation brings death, and the only relief from an existence punctuated with prejudice!
argh! my sickening disgust at the current brutal roll back of civil rights ushered forward with Barack Obama and those democrats who strove to even the playing field, which figurative greensward pitted with uprooted proud trunks, and scattered limbs amidst pock marked hostile plot.
15th Jun 2018 5:03am
sorry it took this long to respond
thanks for your comment and thanks for reading my work
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thanks for your comment and thanks for reading my work
I would always appreciate your continued support
