Don't Judge Me Poem by Preston Mwiinga

When ever I seat in class, the topic that always injures me is the topic of our parents professions. My class mates would go like, `My Father is an account, my mother a Lawyer, mine a doctor, my father is a pilot, my mother is the minister of gender.....` When it comes to me, I'm always ashamed, I'm always shy, I'm always in pain because everyone teases me in class. They call me `Mwana wa hule na Mambala` as if the teasings are not enough, they even mock me by telling me my Grandparents might have have been wizards, because my mother is a common prostitute at Chandwe Musonda road, and my father was gunned down as an armed robber. It is true my mother is a prostitute as you call her, but remember she is still my mother. My father might have been an armed robber, but he was my dad. My grandparents are innocent. There is no parent who wishes her\his child to be involved in crimes and emoral activities. I did not choose to be born in the shanty, I did not choose whom to be my parents. If I had a choice, I would have either chosen to be Barack Obama`s child or Queen Elizabeth`s Grand Child. A child shall not be judged for his parents sins, please don't judge me. I was born for a purpose, I was born for a reason. It was for a purpose that I am fresh and blood of a hardcore criminal and a prostitute. Don't judge me because I am me and I am diffrent. My mother might be a prostitute, but she does not want me to follow her footsteps nor follow my fathers. Don't humiliate me, I may be the next President, don't judge me, I may be the one handling your case at supreme court as a judge. Don't criticize me, instead fight to attain your best. Mwana wa hule si hule, sindine hule, Mwana wa kawalala sikawala, I'm not a thief. If you say my grand parents are wizards, how did you know when I know nothing, do you go on duty with her to witch? Think before you accuse, I am a graduate in making, don't judge me