Alfonso II Warally Ngengethe Mussabwa Chris Poet Free verse

The Women preys of Mercenaries

As I heard a sad 
story of a woman named  
Elysée, 
I am standing to tell the entire world about it. 
The woman who knows her value. 
As some mercenaries called
M23 entered her house around
a day and foced her to lay on the ground
 while looking at the sky. 
She listened to them and laid easily
on the floor to avoid to be slaughtered 
or shot publicly. 
As  she refused to sleep 
with some mercenaries, 
 She was hit,
                raped, 
           and mutilated ... 
her eyes gouged out 
in the presence of her children 
                                        and husband. 
I can say loud, " 
Woe to these heartless 
Rwandan mercenaries." 

As the women celebrate today 
March 8, 2025. 
My  call to you dear mamas and sisters, 
 " feel the pains of Congolese women
Oh wise women of the World. 
 Stand with the women of Goma
 and Bukavu who are victims of daily atrocities.
So sad as many women of northern, southern
 Kivu and ituri continue to be preys of some rebels
 and mercenaries.

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Joseph Cimanuka April 22, 2026 at 7:15 AM I'm sorry for Elysée. On our feet, we are to stand, And fight for our wives, Sisters, Mothers, Children, Till they understand, Because this we can't stand. We have to understand, So we can stand