Tears Of Blood Poem by Felix Otiende

I don't know the smell of freedom. How does it taste?
I hear of "Uhuru".... how does it look like?
Am confused and moving in circles.
Where is that collection of beautiful memories?
That our freedom fighters fought for!

It's better to die on the battlefield than live like a slave.
Why are we slaves in our own country?
We pay taxes and only selected individual benefit.
You preach unity in public, yet you only unite to have slice of pizza.
Five years is around the corner. We are watching you.

Let me arise, I want to fight for my freedom. The time is now.
I won't back down. I will fight until the last blood drops
Am tired of corruption. I want to be in history.
So tired of the son's of somebody. Who is your father?

I rather die like Subhas Chandra Bose or live like Nelson Mandela
I will live to fight. I won't vote until my voice is heard.
You have the formula to calculate next government. Why waste my time and energy on voting day?

One dollar won't make us suffer for the next five years.
I won't buy your fantasy manifestos.
I won't care if you are my tribe or not. I want to be realistic
"Give me Kamau or Otiende or Kipto because the war need strong men". I won't buy it either.
Iunderstand your scheme now.
Our arms of government has failed us. Do we have judiciary? Our courts have become meaningless.No fair trial. No leader obeys it's order. Corruption in court's corners. Where can we find justice? .
Our spiritual leader where are you, ?
Church has forgotten it's mandate.
Money money money! Is the summon. Not the word. Church arise!
The whole system is rotten. We need a change, not new constitution nor BBI. Am tried of the same wolves.
Till when will we be your doormat?
"Mayai Waziri wa mayai" you are!
I wonder why we have security personnel yet the rate of insecurity is high."kitu kidogo" is the only training received from kiganjo.
Innocent mama and youth are jailed yet real lawbreakers walk free on our streets.

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