I Do Not Want Joy
I do not want to be around these beautiful things
If I cannot share it with the world.
I do not want joy
Unless we all have it.
I do not want to laugh
Until every tear has vanished into air.
I do not want to be free
Until the chains fall off our ankles.
Copyright © Kudzai Mhangwa | Year Posted 2019
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