Zambians, Zero In On Permanent Peace Poem by John Sensele

Zambians, guard against dividing compatriots
Along political lines, religious lines, economic lines.
Halt any expedient excuses that praise garrulous griots
Who separate Zambians from Zambians in shops, in streets, in savannahs or in copper mines.

Zambians, hold your fire and ire
Never utter words of hate to inflame passions
Within townships where you mustn't burn a single tyre
Or tease political or spiritual competitors in any public or private sessions.

Zambians, spare the motherland possibilities of bloodshed
That may set the nation back or annihilate our nation
As sharp tongues awaken insane skeletons or stalk ugly emotions lying in their sick bed
By unwise and unwelcome speeches, gestures or moves to take a destructive action.

Zambians, promote the one Zambia, one Nation motto
At all times to consolidate our statehood and our cherished union.
Use social media, mass media with wisdom and responsibility as in total
Harmony Zambians embrace one another in a show of committed national communion.

Zambians, the dividing line between barbarism and civility
Is too thin to contemplate. Avoid temptations to provoke dissenting views
But embrace tact, tolerance, coherence, cohesion and humility
As our seventy three tribes tie together laces of our national shoes.

Zambians, God in his magnificence gave us one motherland
Not for us to tear asunder and to set ablaze
But to build and nurture tenderly regardless of political, spiritual or economic differences at hand
When Zambians of any persuasion ought to promote a creed of grandeur in God's praise.