A poem on rape, racism and the brutality of humanity
Abiola Inioluwa@inioluwaabiola092016
1 month ago
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How Do We Find Freedom?
(Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun)
Deep down the throat of silence, I see a scar broken into two jaded bodies:
The body of a black man whose soul was sold out, as a slave
To a world where men are schooled to forget how to live;
Nobody ever told me that the knee that kneels to pray
Would one day wound our memories with daggers of brutality
In the body of Aduke, you will find a city where invalid men learn to call dignity a sin
A world where a defiled girl is left alone to be consoled by her own stigma
As justice sits to find fun in the struggles of a girl too weak to fight the potency of death.
No to racism,
Stop the rape,
We want justice:
This will you find in the face of our skies, in the lyrics of our silence
But if all be defenders, who are the culprits?
Who are those spitting hate on dark bodies
And thrusting pure hearts with weapons of defilement?
Who is the woman searching for pleasure between the legs
Of a boy whose only voice is his silence?
Mama said gender is not our problem, racism is not the demon to fight
And that justice is not our map onto liberty; I choose to swallow her wise words:
For if justice could turn a new leaf, hunt down crime and banish her into a lost land
As long as humanity still breathes, evil will find its way back home- into men
Rape,
Racism; these are just slaves obeying one master:
Humanity is the scar on life's face
How then do we find freedom?
