Poem -

Assumptions

Rapped with red wires

Covered all my body 
Piped to a point of no return
Screaming my life out
Voice of hardship within is all i could hear

"Ngixoleleni angenzanga lutho" 
"Ngixoleleni angazi ngenzeni bafwethu"
"Mbophe ibophe lenja iyajwayela"
Aaaweee!
Aaaweee!
Ngenzeni?
Ngiyaxolisa!

Not a word they could hear
Not a tear they could see
Not even pain they could feel
No remorse 
Nothing

"Ubuthi wini wena"
"Uzenza uclever"
"Uzibona ungcono kunabanye abantu"
"Sgebengu ndini"

Aaaweee mah 
Ngiyaxolisa !
Bafowethu Ngiyaxolisa!
Aaaweee!

I was getting a beating of my life
Beaten for sins i knew nothing about
Beaten because I wake in the early hours 
Beaten because i was working to feed my family 
Beaten because the day before someone broke in to my neighbors house stole appliance.
Community believe i was the thief

Only after i was bruised to a point where someone decided it was enough 
I was asked why do i steal?
At my shock and disappointment i was a thief 
Thief due to i wake early in the morning 
Go through danger of being mugged and killed 
To be beaten for something i know nothing about

Umhlaziyi Ozimele 
Sandile Mngadi​

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