My society is craving for war,
We are a divided lot; some feel they have been pushed, pinned against a grim wall,
Tribal slurs, machetes, guns and bombs all striking by the first sigh of the night to the opposing side, others feel neglected, enclosed and safe from all that’s happening out here.
But to the children and women running away from fear of losing sons and husbands who brave the night to fight for a cause, democracy, freedom and equality; they are unshaken and not afraid of those even baying for their blood.
You see we are a tree connected by one stem ,
Rooted by the same struggles, we have forgotten we are one, we are sailing in the same boat others running from a similar flood,
We all have different scars of the same war, we are one people but we divide ourselves by what we cloth our tongues,
We group ourselves to small groups, hunker down with people of the same thought then we buy barricades and place them on roads and start a fight with those who oppose our opinions all in the name of safeguarding interests of our now formed groups, we become more toxic, personal and vicious ready to sting anyone that comes close to our “US”, we now refuse to even budge from our own opinions in the face of inconvenient truths.
Some become axes in a jungle ready to chop down the same trees and branches that sprouted them forgetting that when our work is done and when there is no more wood we shall slowly become part of that fire too.
I will cry for my nation because I know where there is Injustice people will surely oppose and stand for truth even if it means losing their lives, until the latter is served equally, the equilibrium of a peaceful state remains unbalanced by the atrocities of those who are not impartial to the rule of law.
Written by: Kakoi Matheka
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