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Stand up. Watch and Read

Posted on June 30, 2012 By rayawambui No Comments on Stand up. Watch and Read
I don’t perform this poem live any more… This is a part of the Poetry Africa 2014 set.

Stand up.

Stand up and fight for me,
Don’t we, drink the same coffee?
We come from the same place so please,
Stand up and fight for me.

Stand up and fight for me.
I paid your daughters high school fees.
Treated your son, when he couldn’t breath.
Gave your pregnant wife good things to eat.
Stand up and fight for me.

Stand up and burn for me.
Light fires high for all to see,
Convince the world that I should lead.
Without you no one else perceives,
That you stood to burn for me.
If fire catches your roof too, breath.
Not to worry, I’ll still succeed.
Cos you stood up to burn for me.

Stand up and rape for me.
Her brothers will understand the deed, you see.
It’s wasn’t lust, you were angry.
So you were forced to
Stand and rape for me.

Stand up and kill for me.
So that diplomacy won’t touch me.
Because we are of the same creed.
So, even if I fail, you’ll bleed for me.
And our blood flows together.
We stood up tall, when you killed for me.
So stand up and fight for me.

 

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Comments (0) on “Stand up. Watch and Read”

  1. rayawambui says:
    July 1, 2012 at 5:36 am

    The only ones worth fighting for are our children. Who will benefit much more from peace.

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  2. jn says:
    July 11, 2012 at 11:06 am

    Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.Keep on the good work

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