fear you?

this is one of my other political poems.. but not that political!!

oh right, so...

you think am scared

now do you?

 

because you get to

sit on the hightable

and decide my fate??

judge my life from the statistics

of the many??

 

based at your office,

you write down my rules and regulations

not knowing that they are made to be broken!

decide the course of my life

when you don't know how bitter it is..

 

pass them down..

i hear the hirearchy...

those below you...they might obey

but do you think i will??

 

ohh yeah,

obviously i will.

my spine will break,

my smile will fade..

my structure will under go defformation..

from all the starvation... because corruption

lies at the center of the hirearchy.

but my soul won't be scorched..

it will reatain it's fire..

 

it's the inner me that

will fight you and your lame rules.

MR president sir..!!

why dont you be the voice of the voiceless.

as you once promised whan getting elected?/

you turned out to be the very one who murfles our voices

with you cruel treaatment of those who speak of you evil.

but you wont burn or root us out!!

 

how long has it been sir??

25 year, and still ruling..

yet the consititution said 5 years at the start..

which was amenede to 10 years, after feeling the power.

what will it be next???

40 years??

MR president sir, all we are asking for is

fairness and rule by the consititution..

 

         Your's

               faithfully...

                   joan nsimbi

                    JOAN NSIMBI

 

Author's Note

THIS IS echoing the corruption in AFRICA'S politics...!!
love and review..

Reviews

[Siren]

Some taste power and never taste anything else again. But there are those who have power within them, to resist, to stand up, to believe as they wish and love as they please. Despite the law, they will do as they see fit according to the Truth within them. You capture all these things here. Wonderful write, my friend!

[luviva]

thank you , for passing by, really appreciate it

[Michael of Gilead]

I don't know why, my country continues to send aid when we damn well know those smiling dictators just padd their bank accounts and our state dept smiles along with them and claim some great thing has happened...yet the people still starve.

Who is really at fault? those who are blantantly corrupt, or those who enable them?

[luviva]

well thats an interesting question with many answers depending on who answers it! since its me, i would say those who are blantantly corrupt because those who help think they are helping starving people but un fortunately its the other way round.!

[Shellie]

This is very good. There's alot of intelligent phrases in there.

DO an edit...it really hinders the reading of your work.

But excellent job with this. TRULY.

[luviva]

i will try my best with the editing but am always ore occupied by the idea to even bother about spell checking it!!
but i will try my best i promise.. thanxx for the review!!

[Shellie]

Yeah! True - I know what you mean, at the time you just want to get it on paper!

[Danielle]

Wonderful poem, I like that you are taking a stand through your writing. I can relate because of what America is becoming, it is not the country it once was where if an individual works hard you have something to show for your effort, there is very little real freedom left. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer everywhere and it is devastating.

[luviva]

thank you soo much!!
all we need to make the world a better place to live in is by voicin our concerns. if more people get to write about the evils in the system then mayb one time one day they will learn""
thanxx pal for the review!!

[Sir Jaykom]

Love it! And very true.

[luviva]

thanxx for the review ma friend!!

[Rose of Gondor]

A powerful stand against those that are addicted to power! Great poem!

[luviva]

thank you rose, much appreciated!!

[Donald Cole]

sounds like America also. A strong reality all over the world where the wealthy seem to dominate over the less fortunate because money buys the way out for some, but not for others....
good write......
Don

[luviva]

thanxx for the rrview ma friend

[Donald Cole]

you are welcome

[Starfruitanimal]

GREAT. and i love political poetry keep it up !

[luviva]

thank u so much for the review. i lso enjoy writing about politics

[Frieda P]

I don't mix politics and poetry, but this packs a powerful punch, nice read.

[luviva]

yeh, but thats the thing with poetry. it can say even the hardest emotions you carry in your heart. am not political or anything but all am seaking is equality, peace and love and exposing the evil in politics.

[Frieda P]

Well, politics and politicians mostly make me want to hurl, and it's hard to be creative or write when you're hugging the porcelain god ;-)

[luviva]

i understand...

[Tarry Franck]

but my soul won't be scorched..
it will reatain it's fire..

Very powerful piece and especially love these two lines. You did a great job :)

[luviva]

thanxx for the appreciation and the review!!

[Ahmad Cox]

Very powerful message. I think this is a message that other people should hear and understand as well.

[luviva]

thanxx soo much/!