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WHO IS TO BLAME?

By Abunerry. 

Who is this young boy in the wilds?

Crawling in the dust, crutches in pain

Through the cattle, through dung, through silence

Why is he in the kraal but not in the school?

Why is his future impending, left in the dark?

Who is to blame?

 

He owns no books, uniforms, or pens

Only groomed tied to his bones

They deny him the basic needs

Yet, he serves, yet he survives, yet he walks

I ask

Who is to blame?

 

Why is silence louder than justice?

Why do we build kraals but not schools?

Why must children grow where cattle sleep?

Are we raising hope or burying it in the dungeons?

Tell me,

Who is to blame?

 

What if there were safety?

What if there were schools?

What if there were hearts that care?

Would this boy walk alone in the dust covered with thistles?

Would his tears speak louder than ours would?

Wait,

Who is to blame?

 

Will there be a stop to Junub’s wailing?

Who will protect us, the broken, the disabled, the forgotten?

Are the kraals now our only destiny?

Did we choose to carry such a load?

Honestly,

Who is to blame?

 

Let me ask you

Not as a poet

Not as a witness

But as a man standing before you


Whom do you think is to blame?

The Parents?

The Government?

You?

Hey!

WHO WILL BE THE FIRST TO STOP BLAMING AND START BUILDING?


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