Third World Suwi

every 60 seconds in Africa... a minute passes                                          - breaking the winter ice you hear about the continent but do you actually listen?  you’ve adopted culture  that sprung up from there yet you know nothing about the locale i’ve read books you say  i follow social media, i know my geography  and i am savvy with world history but little did you know the authors you frequently laud  share your unfamiliarity as they go on and on  telling stories  they truly know nothing of                                         - ignorance is(n’t) bliss  my homeland is a widely misunderstood scene  the motherland ...

            profound unalleviated anguish    i gave you the world yet I’m still starved for land                                  i treated you well, you tricked me till i drowned                              i sunk into the ground, the very place you now stand                              i burn in desert sands, but who am i to curse the sun           severe relentless pain   ———————————————————————— “In this life I’ve been lost. Without a clue how I got here, or how to find myself. I’ve lived many a day in uncertainty. Awakened to the fact that I may never be found again. But stubborn as a mule, with limited tools, I search to find a muse, for this poetry I [a...

I write this piece atop my head  Thoughts my own, in ink I shed  Selfless at heart  But restless at mind  None the less  my matter on earth  Is kin and flesh My dreams be blessed Stress? Yes, stressful indeed Feeding them knowledge but they ate the seed  Reaping a harvest with plans to secede  Flawed is the cycle of poverty’s greed  Pick the poet’s pocket of keys UNLOCK, UNLOCK, MY MIND UNLOCK  The day we realized that there’s more which unites us than that which separates us When we come to see one another as brothers and sisters instead of enemies Friends and not foe Only then can we truly unlock our potential UNLOCK, UNLOCK, OUR MINDS UNLOCKED Regardless of region, creed, faith or colour Not even tribes that pit one v. the other   Put down your weapons, together is power  UNLOCK, UNLOCK, YOUR MINDS UNLOCKED Envisioning days Fine as the braids on an African g...