Remember The Children Poem by Lubinda Lubinda

It feels like it was yesterday
when they came
& took my friends away
i was only a child then
when they ambushed us
so violently
they followed us
into the school yards
where children play

We never knew why
they hated us so much
but one thing is for sure
they must have felt threatened
by a group of children
who refused to learn in Afrikaans
so they silence us with thier guns
and our protest
quickly turned into silence

So i'll immortalize
the memory of these children
who are now in heaven
looking down at us
so we must ensure
even though many had fallen
they will never be forgotten

June 16 is a day i dream to forget
and forget to dream
because it carries with it
a bitter and painful past
laws of segregation
and utter humiliation
If we are to live with one another
we ought to forge a nation together
Built on the principles of unity
hold on to the words of Mandela
which taught us all to love and forgive
one another