Letter 'X' Xenophobia Poem by Adewale Ajakanri

Letter 'X' Xenophobia



Our father left us while we were young
We could not clean our own stable
And we did not know how to
But we knew how to protect our color

Our mother separated us for the reason
You had to prosper in your space
And I in mine
Then come back home in a while to share kisses
We were brothers who knew our origin
It was never that easy
But it got better with years

In my hunger you fed me.
You gave me a place in your inheritance
But not in your heart.
You told me to toughen up like a man
But you never wiped the tears off my face.
You gave me freedom from apartheid and imperialism,
But you never freed me from our mere rivalries


I love you as my only brother,
Yet you stone me in the face.
You hate me for taking the herd
Yet you chose the bigger land
I am always scared to walk on your land
We share same blood
We lie under same sun
We are one color
We are one African
Why would Xenophobia seperate us

You hate me for working under you on your land
You beat and molest me on your land
Yet we breath in same air
My colour is the same as yours
My genes are African, nothing but African
When our leaders were beaten by whites
We stood up silently to fight them

Now we got our freedom
We should be freed from Apartheid
We should be freed from Discrimination
But No, all you want is to chase me away from your land

We blamed whites for killing us
Now you are hating me
Who are you going to blame after chasing me away?
Who are you going to blame after killing me?

We are Africans
We are blacks
Xenophobia is a disease to us
Lets erase letter 'X'
Lets fight Xenophobic
Love is not a color nor race

If we could lift up each other
And know that we all care for
Then we gonna have the Greatest color
Black is the color
So Lets say No To Xenophobia

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Waging war against Africans killing Africans
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Anne Mcthommie 03 September 2019

Inspiringly delight Good job

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