Unspoken Truth Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

It is not mathematics
We do not need algebra or calculus
Or the tools of rocket science
To illuminate the truth
The truth is naked
And displayed in our conscience
It is true that we need each other to survive
It is true that Love is our bond
It is true that humanity is our common bracelet
Binding our wrist together
It is true that inequality stand against our unity
And that injustice is a divisive force
It is true that poverty will destroy us
And that we cannot continue on this path of self-destruction
It is not too late to go back to the drawing board
And erase all our mistakes
Paving a better path
For our future and the future of our children
Democracy has served us well
But it has its own limitations
Potholes, loopholes, big holes of corruption
It is not armed against unscrupulous fellas
It is open to tweaking and manipulation
It gives the winner the power to choke the losers
It is an undemocratic system
It is not a government by the people and for the people
It has created a class of elites
Trampling the rights of the majority
It created immense wealth for a few
Against the common course of humanity
It allowed inequality to flourish
And poverty to kill our children
It allowed injustice to be part of our court systems
And rape to be a culture
Among the dejected
It allowed the most vulnerable
To be trampled
In the stampede for resources
As the decade comes to a close
It is time to pause
And peruse our conscience
It is time to dive deep
Into the deepest part of our consciousness
And retrieve our long lost manuscript of life
It is time to unfold our arms
And embrace Love
It is time to open our eyes
And reject our blindness
To inequality, injustice, rape, violence…etc.
It is time to stand up
And re-define our democratic principles
And strengthen our institutions
We need brave and courageous leaders
Untainted by corrupt practices
Not poisoned by power
We need to go back to the boardrooms
And shred the manuals of capitalism
Corporations should pour part of their profits into a national basket
And resources re-distributed equally
Politicians should be banned from politics
And a new brand of politics should urgently be assembled
A new form of democracy will emerge
A new generation of people will be born
And a new path of humanity will be paved
It is the unspoken truth