How Much More

I have been writing this verse since last night But my heart was so heavy, my tongue cleaved To the roof of my mouth and it felt as though Something has fallen through the roof I sat in front of the house on a little chair Trying to absorb the thin fresh air from the Residue of nature that has been so kind and fair I could see a built up of cars coming and going And I could hear people chatting and complaining It felt as though the death squad was on a vicious assignment They were going about to selected houses to fulfill a task in the middle of the night. Yes this strange happening was transpiring around me last night It's like someone was going away And I wanted to share this story before he flew away And this is how I began this verse last night. They have robbed me of my puberty They have robbed me of my virginity They have robbed me of my childhood And now they have taken away my womanhood I have been paying for the sacrifice Since I was conceived in the womb I didn’t have a mother to tell me the truth Or a father to explain to me what was going on Everything has been held in closed lips And bound up in locks and keys in utter secrets And I still cannot understand For what reason I have been paying the sacrifice How much more do I have to endure For a country that is being torn apart How much more do I have to sacrifice for a broken home, How much more do I have to endure The pain of a broken family, And feel the grief of a broken community Broken society, broken dreams And yet you stand behind the podium Speaking and screaming at me Mad men walking up and down in the streets Spreading bad news that has left everyone confused The twisting and turning under the moon has Shown me that heaven is coming at noon When my heart burst into flames and my spirit Escape through the gates, and then you will know That you have no more time to delay. How much more do I have to wait for you? How much more do I have to cry over you? I have been holding back the tears for so long And I have been waiting to sing my heart felt song Every day they are singing a different tune And everyone is playing me for a fool How much more do I have to go through this agonies? Living a life of celibacy while someone else is gallivanting in my King-sized bed The days and nights are getting shorter and the hours are moving faster Yet all they do is sit around waiting for a prophesy You have had the answer long ago, And you have been spinning it around The answer is wrapped up in many answers And there is no more answer to come How much more do I have whisper?, How much more do I have to linger, Can’t you see the whole world is reminiscing from the global disorder? Young roosters crowing at nights And the hens are all singing the same chorus at their delight The pigs are breaking out of the sty, and their getting ready to die The lions are arguing with each other’s in the den And the hens are still laying eggs How much more do I have to wait on you? One soul is passing after another and the Crucible is waiting to criminate the bodies. I have waited out of anticipation for this drama to end But each time we come up with the answer Someone try to twist it and turn it around You must leave that place before it is too late And I will wait for you at below behind the gate The journey for freedom is a very long road The price of freedom is hard and long But when it comes we will have it forever. The street will be clean, the water will be pure We will start a new life over And no one will bother us anymore. How much more do I have to endure?