We still remember

You took our ancestors captive,
Didn't even mind they left their wives,
And children.
And made them to work in foreign lands,
In the baking sun they toiled
On your cotton farmlands
You whipped them,
To you they were beasts of burden,
Lesser beings to be tolerated!
We still remember.
And this is how the story goes,
That you hoarded them into economy planes,
Took them to Burma and other far flung war zones,
Just to fight your battles.
And you made them frontline soldiers
You made them a shield for your safety
unfortunately none had bullet proof bodies,
To stand the tirade of the aggressor.
And there they were-Poor Africans!
The next day they would be buried in mass graves,
or left to rot,
Left to rot for the delight of the wild life.
We still remember how you hated our colour
Just because we were coloured.
We were not supposed to access premium healthcare,
Lest we spread the black germ.
We still remember,
How you treated us in Harlem and other lowly states
Excuse me,we didn't choose to live in Harlem!
We didnt choose to live in dingy places.
Maybe that's why you thought lowly of us.
We have not forgotten how you coined apartheid,
And we felt sick in our own land,
Making sure we did not learn your language,
Because you thought
We would take away your wealth.
You were afraid that we could do research,
and come up with solutions
to our problems.
But nay, that's what would make you lose sleep.
We still remember how you came to our land,
First as a mission for the good word,
Then as masters.
we can't forget how you barricaded whole regions.
How you put curfews.
How you limited our time for travel.
You limited our time to access our lands
Limited our times so we couldn't chat,
You knew if our time was free
Then we were free as well.
We still remember Manyani detention camp,
Yes, Mau Mau remembers.
We still remember how you exploited our weaknesses,
And our differences.
And from that you created homeguards.
We still remember how you put Mandela in prison
For 27 years!
And still he found it in himself to forgive.
We still remember these things.
We cannot just forget.
We keep history
We are now able to remember the moments as they were.
You took our bright minds captive,
And started insurgencies where there was none,
So you could come back as saviors,
And reprimand us for being 'thick in the mind'
Aren't you the one who called us 'half baked brains'?
God wasn't in a hurry,
When he created us.
Don't you think we too belong?
Don't you think we can be like you?
That we too can do what yo do,
Or even do it better.
All these things we remember.








































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