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SANKOFA
Freedoms melody : Echoing silence
With religion selling weapons as Bible
Echoes of forgotten languages
Barefoot on dusty roads, hollow bellies
We are nothing more than fugitives
Families shackled in poverty dark
Diverse, connected through content
Draped in traditional attire, unapologetic
Sharpville's ghosts still linger on
Freedoms promise : Coming soon to a ballot near you
Umuntu ngumuntu ngabamtu, we cry out in vain
Freedoms Promise: guaranteed ( for some )
All of us , nuances of expatriates and compatriots
Thina sindiswa, in this democratic land
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Minds scarred , yet unbroken spirits
Wars weight, we resist, amidst scent of smoke and struggle
Sawubona, but who truly sees our faded flags?
Fractured relationships, love turns to pain
Mounting a production of "Freedoms Promise"
For the world not to see
OUR
Joy in harm
Ruins depths we dive
Seething, tears exhausted
As we reach our extinction of our being
Echoes lost in emptiness
Whispers in the wind
We sing songs of sorrow
A Freedoms Promise: the ultimate illusion
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- October 2024
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23 WedFirst publication
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I'm a creative at art . I live and breathe art through performing and written art.
Location: South Africa, ZAF
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