Why
do you judge me?
Judge
me by the colour of my skin
You
say I am colourless
Neither
white nor black
Yet
I am from the same womb
Same
parents with you
Did
you choose to be a giraffe?
Did
you choose to be a momo?
Give
me a break brother!
I
am your brother and sister
I
am a child
Just
like you
Born
after nine months
Just
like you
Look
brother
Look
sister
I
can eat and play
Just
like you
I
can read and write
Just
like you
I
can love and marry
Just
like you
Look
I can lead the people
Look
at Hon. Mwaura
My
brother
Look
at Njoki Ndungu
My
sister
Are
they not great leaders?
So
Tomorrow
at the market place
Say
hi
Tomorrow
in the class
Believe
in me
For
I am with fully formed brain
Just
like you!
Brothers
and sisters
Stop
that uncouth
Barbaric
Archaic
mindset
My
hidden parts
Cannot
be a solution to your heartaches
Though
the eyes of a witch doctors.
My
people
My
love
We
are civilised!
Save
me from these insecurities
Hardly
can I walk alone for fear
Fear
of being caged
And
eventually bid the world bye
Amputated
wildly
My
people
My
mother Africa
Save
me from this uncivilised death
And if I
must die
Let it
not be like a wild pig
Let me
nobly die
When my
time is ripe
By the
cloud’s clock
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