BRUTALITY
Crying from Savannah forest.
Crying from Sahel desert
Crying from the creek
People brought together by fate
Wrought in pain and disposession
From South to the north
It's a story of tragedy.
Incited violence destroying the
humanity in our lives
the cord that bind us together
is destroyed by greedy ambitions
of our politicians who would want to perpetuate themselves in power .
The tool to win election in the Sahel is sophistry, in the Savannah is material baits, in the creek is incited violence. The people do what they make them do. The people eat what they are given. The people eat the time they want them to eat. They no longer have control over their lives.
Those who rule us
come to power with iron fist
to slap and whip our buttocks
When we disagree
When we complain
When we want to think.
When we want our mind back.
Brutality is the best tactics
deployed to stifle our talents
to keep us united against our will
to gag our mouth
to buy our unalloyed loyalty
to continue to rob us of our freedom