Restlessness Not Recklessness Poem by Deluke Muwanigwa

Restlessness not recklessness

Sometimes i just feel like leaving everything behind

and just keep going to meet new poeple to whom i can be kind

My subconcious tells me there is a more serene world out there

where there are no stresses of every day and life is fair

I do not understand why i am expected to do certain things in life,

paying taxes to enable other people to enjoy their lives.

Are we sure these are natural laws?

Not some dystopian plan by my in- laws?

Or some human convention designed to hold me back?

I was born free and happiness i must never lack

My restlessness must become restfulness.

My truthfulness not taken as recklessness.