Chamber of Poor Men
Caucus in the chamber of poor men
Twisted by powers of failure
And tortured by believe is sinful dreams
With their fate being decided by charities
Hence, they have no reason to smile
If they do, is fraudulent smile
For smile symbolize joy
Smile endorses satisfaction
Smile injects happiness in the vicinity
Smile pictures having, with ability to get more
In their traumatic scene
Poor men have none
Poor men have no reason to smile
Poor men fall outside realm of satisfaction
Bereft of hope as they are,
What can they say in their chamber?
What kind of music will they listen to?
Which dreams will they display?
For even their names do not appear in the scroll
So, their chamber is chamber of tears
Their chamber is chamber of hopelessness
Their chamber is for the powerless and voiceless;
Hence, I whisper in my prayer
For the barriers to evaporate
That the poor find way to climb the ladder
Prayer for them to pitch out of the dying jungle
For them to triumph like the weather,
That tomorrow they rise and shine even in the dark
Roll up with human dignity
And whistle in the chamber of happy people
I pray for the world to line up for perfection
Copyright © Lekau Mamabolo | Year Posted 2014
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