Lion Leaders Poem by Fabrice Bukunguta

I am astonished by our leaders.
They destroy everything like looters.
The people are forgotten and neglected,
As if their voices do not matter.
The rulers behave as though
They were born to govern forever.
They brush aside the people,
Forgetting that the people elected them.
They pursue their own desires,
While citizens remain excluded from progress.
Information reaches us like a miracle,
While dictatorship becomes their ideology.
They forget the existence of ordinary people.
Authorities act with arrogance,
And citizens are forced into silence.
God, give us new stars,
For darkness has become overwhelming.
They hold on to the people's power,
Imposing whatever they desire.
They forget the beauty of the moon,
As though this land belonged only to them.
They boast because of their education,
Yet disregard the black goats.
Decades pass without change.
They cancel projects that could help the people,
And focus on useless pursuits.
No one can understand a goat's cry
Without sharing its suffering.
The people can no longer endure
This endless deception and madness.
That is why rulers avoid their citizens,
For they no longer know what to say.
They remain silent like the sea,
Offering no action for society.