TELL
ME MY FRIEND:
Tell me my friend,
How about those of us who have sleepless nights;
Those of us who just can’t understand and cope up
with the cruelty of life;
Those of us who are too good to withstand the
venomous stings of life.
Tell me my friend, where is our place in this
hurtful world?
My friend,
How about those who prefer dialogue other than
force;
Those of us who value diplomacy other than
coercion,
Yet the world is wicked and operates through
coercion and force.
Tell me my friend where is the place of those who
adore diplomacy and cherish the beauty of dialogue?
Those of us my friend who see no sense in engaging
in unproductive arguments;
Those of us who are often seen as naïve when they
are silent during arguments and weak when they choose not to fight back or
avenge;
Tell me amigo where is our place here?
My friend, there are those of us who often shed
tears,
Tears that don’t go beyond the eyelids, but rather
dry up in the eyes;
My friend, there are those of us who walk around
with red eyes,
Not because we smoke weed or drink miti ni dawa.
Far from it my friend. It’s because of the
bitterness that we feel deep down or souls.
Bitterness caused by the things the world does to
us and unto others.
Tell me amigo where can we get back the celebrated
joyfulness of childhood and the unmatched happiness of youthfulness?
Tell me my friend, how about those of us who have
been betrayed by those we trusted, disappointed by those we admired, misused by
those we liked, crucified by those we leaned on…The result of this?
We suffer inwardly as our tribulations gnaw us
from within and without rendering us totally disillusioned and completely
hopeless.
Now Amigo, tell me where we are going to be placed
with these kind of people around.
There are those of us whose future is bleak and
their environs so blurred and yet you see them everyday living as if all is
well.
Forgive me but
I am speaking on behalf of those
who suffer in silence just because either we don’t like talking about our
problems or we literally don’t have someone who understands the importance of
listening to another person’s troubles. Just
listening.
And the consequences of this is that we are occasionally seen
walking around with gloomy faces, we are often weak and grow thinner as the
clock ticks, they question our healthiness
but in response we just smile back and claim that nothing is wrong yet
we swallow dry saliva knowing that our suffering is almost impossible to
reverse.
Tell me my friend, what does the future hold for
us???
(21st
April 2015)
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