Enough Poem by Tlholohelo Ramatlhape

Will you open your ears and hear me when I say
It is enough, it is over
I will no longer submit
I will no longer accept
I will no longer condone
Your abuse and your misuse

Will you open your eyes to look and see
What you have done to me
The damage you continue to inflict
The anger and fear you continue to instill
With your attitude and arrogance
With your pride

Will you open your heart and feel what I feel
Look inside and tell me what you see
In that void you have created
Do you see the emptiness?
Do you see the bitterness?
Does your conscience still exist?

Will you open your mind and accept
That you cannot always be right
That some situations cannot be reasoned away
That common sense and logic are relative terms
That pain is subjective
And I can no longer stand it

Will you?