Did You Have To Say It
DID YOU HAVE TO SAY IT?
You stand rooted before the cameras,
Aiming your temper before the lenses,
Jostling your tongue with hatred,
Just because you failed to agree,
With another pillar that made it senseless like a humming bee,
Because guys think you are in another verbal jamboree,
Did you to say it?
Your speech strikes like a lightning,
To soot the moral fiber of the public,
Just because of your ridiculous mimic,
And when the blames become too acidic,
You try to be apologetic,
Did you have to say it?
Your selfish lips spices up the saga
Tribalism inflicting the minds of the public,
Making the nation go gaga,
When will your tongue halt the infatuation?
Just because you were bewildered with the silly emotion,
Sincerely,
Did you have to say it?
Whenever your heart hardens on an aspect,
You get busy with that dialect,
Typing into Facebook and twitter,
Throwing all that verbal litter,
And when the nation becomes bitter
On you, we ask, Mr. 'Contempt transmitter,'
Did you have to say it?
Do you really have to say it?
Now that you are folded like a plait,
You really deserve the bait,
Because the men in wigs awaiting for you,
To have that legal sitting with you,
You begin holding your breath,
Your career awaiting its death,
Due to your verbal wreath,
That had it tight like a woman's sheath,
Too sorry because
You never had to say it.
I hear you got the letter,
That they want you abroad,
Because your lips lost the grip
And detached the silence...
Now it is bound to face the legal whip,
The men with snow hair had their say,
Even a silent fool never goes astray,
But because of your pride, you gave way
Now you have to pay
Because your mouth wanted the dirty play,
As you think of what awaits you,
The people still ask,
Did you have to say it?!
Copyright © Spencer Mwambisi | Year Posted 2015
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