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When men see through
They also want to go through
Lack of self control
Leads to a number of tears
'Tis rape when a father breaks the wall
Of his adolescence daughter
And says it is tradition
'Tis rape when a man wants to go through
And he will
Because he paid lobola
Shall we call it rape
When he tells you the A to Z of promises
And never keeps one
Because he wanted to go through
The sweet tongue of perception
Has led to the fatherless children of Africa
The so called cultural activities
Has led to the insecurities of young women
Depriving them of their rights to voice
But our cries fall on deaf ears
As though we are in outer space
Generation by generation we have learnt
To accept these traditions
Traditions of disparagement
Copyright © Rachelle Goromonzi | Year Posted 2016
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i remember
I remember it all
Gwaai and Shangani
Natives being hung
Freedom songs being sung
I remember the color red,
The tainted soil
From negro toil
And anger boil
I remember the tears.
Children being robbed of motherhood;
Being robbed of fatherhood
I only stood.
I remember the times
Of colonial race
So there was a race
To find the ace!
I remember the ambush-
Firing what I held
The gun!
So I ran.
I remember never looking back
Twigs scratching my face
I remember hiding
Alas! They found me!
I remember the beatings,
Questions;
My fingers and toes
Growing less...
I remember the flowing blood
Mixing with the crimson sunset.
I hoped at dawn
I would yawn.
I remember closing my eyes.
In vain trying to open them.
The pain of realisation
I would never see dawn.
Copyright © Rachelle Goromonzi | Year Posted 2017
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