It Is Painful Poem by DEDAN ONYANGO

It is painful to say the truth
And walk out free without being slain,
It is painful!

It is painful to die knowing
Your killers
Yet you cannot get your healers,
It is painful!

It is painful to die leaving
Behind a young family,
Yet where your going is not very familiar,
It is painful!

It is painful to stand firm for the truth
Yet none wants that to go through,
It is painful!

It is painful to die while driving back home
Only to end up in a morgue,
It is painful!


It is painful to live in a society
Where however much you try to bring out the illness
You end up being termed a sinner
It is painful!

It is rather joyous to die for the truth
Than live like a crook defending lies and sycophancy.


It is though still painful....