You are a liability.
If you think others will fix it for a price
You are a liability.
You are the problem if you stay silent
While injustice reigns.
The problem is you watching your neighbour suffer,
While you do nothing, it remains.
You are a liability if you think security
It is someone else's duty.
You are a liability if silence is your solution
To the problems' fury.
Local problems need local solutions,
Not excuses or escape.
Give people a chance to rise,
No challenges to face.
We live to leave or leave to live,
We are mortals; act now.
Ayella John Bosco
Writer, Critic, and Teacher
The poem is intended to convey a message about individual responsibility and the need for collective action to address social and political issues facing South Sudan
