Cannot Remain Silent Poem by Lubinda Lubinda

Is this the same
South Africa
that our fore-fathers
fought hard to liberate?
its hard to recognize it,
when all I can see
is bloodshed
and brother turning
against brother!

Remember when
we were young
we would play
with one another
and now its surprising
that you would call
me a savage
just because I was born
on the other side
of the border!

I know life is tough
but, its hard to watch
as the birth place of ubuntu
turn into a slaughter camp
it breaks my heart to see
a people that once
ate with one another
turn against each other!

I find it strange that
you would accuse me
of stealing your jobs,
bringing you nothing
but sickness and disease
and even looting
your shops!
and so on and so forth

But, the only thing
I'm guilty of
is being a foreigner!
you may burn me to ashes
to try and get rid of me
BUT, VIOLENCE IS NEVER
THE ANSWER!