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Grounded Even 2

We can't all be the same
Diplomacy fails us
Hunt us down
Cage us
Berate us endlessly;
It cannot be, It cannot be, it cannot be!
Impose, demand, declare
Where are the ultimatums?

You are the chain that binds
The world that judges
The everyone that rejects

We can't be completely free from you,
Is that why you shake us?
We we will always need you, 
Is that why you reek havoc?
We know even when you are no longer giving us anything, you will always be relevant;
Is that why you terrorise us?

You are not even on the ground,
Yet you are already thinking for us
Do you actually listen?
Are you actually trying to understand?
You want to protect
You want to shield
In doing so you limit

You guide
You aren't supposed to be doing the walking
You show us 
You aren't supposed to be the show
Let us bear it on our own
The cross we deliberately bare
 Respect, respect, respect
Is supposed to go both ways

Copyright © Sharon Nyambowo


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