Feelings We Are Afraid To Show Poem by Shamba Kaunda

Its the pain you never know that hurts your soul,
Or the burden you invisibly bear that torments your spirit,
Dont keep hatred in you saying you don't want war,
When you know deep down your heart you can feel it,
Its the trap you ignore that makes you fall,
Or the small problems you tend not to show that extinguishes your glow,
Dont keep grudges in your heart saying you don't want a fight,
Though yet you know its a burden you cant carry through the night,
Its the feelings you are scared to show that keeps your e
mbers low,
Or the unexpressed words inside your chest might make you vex more,
Dont pretend you dont want to be vile when you know the fury is going to last for a while.

Fights we always thought but never fought hinders us from buying the freedom we would have bought,
And the tears we are ashamed to cry floods our psyches and drowns our hearts.