Defeating Defeat
DEFEATING DEFEAT
By: Sikolwethu Mthethwa
This is not the end...
Until time packs his bags in readiness to leave,
we will proudly walk this land.
to she and he who have thrown in the towel,
this is the message I want to urgently send.
It is the birth-child of a solitary mind,
it has been cast out to the world and has become
everyone's treasure to find.
In the very midst of our darkest hour
be defiant and proudly refuse to let your heads lower.
Depict the resilience of our kind.
Show them the unspoken power of the black child.
Our race has lived, through trial and error we have learned,
the bragging rights to be labelled human we have earned.
We are well on our way to the very pinnacle of our existence,
with us we have an impenetrable shield dubbed perseverance.
We were given this Earth.
Greatness was coded and embedded into our genetics even before birth.
Though the names of our ancestors were dragged in the dirt,
we are here to undo centuries of suffering and hurt.
Warn the opposition,
let them know we will play our position.
We will play our position until we have prosperity,
until mother Earth weeps no more and we have restored her serenity.
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