Let Pain Talk Poem by Atlay Mwenifumbo

We want to know why? When? and who? made this law.
We were not given an option to add in an ingredient in this portion
We will protest and contest to see who will have what they want
You can shoot to kill but we will fight for our will.

We are speaking from our hearts that have been boozy by darts
And barely have love for you
You can throw tear gas but unfortunately we wont cry because our tears dried out on
The past years
We stand, shout and protest as strong women and men today
You throw food away and we had to fight for it like a wedding bouquet

You relax and not pay tax while we work all day and cough in our dust of hard work
You tease our children because they don't know 1+1 but its lack of education
They are dying from diseases due to lack of medication

We are fighting for our rights so that we can deal with this situation but you cant understand and ignore what we are saying like two different languages having a conversation.

You might be the government but this is our nation so please pay attention to what we are about to mention c+g=c that's the equation

This is our point of view after waiting on a long cue to have a voice
We are protesters by choice I hope you take our words and let us spread
Our freedom like birds.