Victims Of Society
Fernando S Machava Jr.
“It takes a village to raise a child”
But it doesn’t mean they will be raised right
What happens when the same society breaks the child
When the child is discriminated by the same society
We are victims of society
We See in the mirror what society allows us to see
We trash our vision and become what society wants us to be
Only a select few survive and run on a broken knee
We become slaves as our neighbors mop the floor with our hair
When uMakhi has breakfast to my struggle
Is this the society that’s supposed to raise a child ?
A society where you take a bullet for the one behind the gun
Where we share with the same people who gossip about us
Where you’re looked down on for not having cheese for breakfast
A dysfunctional society
Where my brother hits and kills people to put food on the table
When he believes he’s doing it for the family
Where my sister is forced to resort to prostitution
When her third abortion opens another wound in her heart
This is a society where we don’t know our constitution
We are victims to a society God has turned a blind eye on
We don’t hear from him but we still pray
U’Ma prays so long she doesn’t run out of things to say
I see tears on her face,I guess that’s the price you pay
“You’re so big” “You’re so thin”
Welcome to a society where nobody is enough
Big or small you’re a reason for them to laugh
Forget my size and show me love
This is my country
Where hitting women makes you “The man”
Where rape boosts your manhood
“Enough with GBV” is not enough
We stand against it in public and do it behind closed doors
We won’t learn until no women remain
Let’s go back to the society that raised our parents
One that believes in prayer and humanity
Let us unite and make our cry louder
Let a society this society raise an honourable man