By Kanute Tangwa aka K(C)anute Tangwa
spent like the christ
but dignity enrobed
asceticized like the mahatma
but satygraha endowed
the truth?
silence is a lost ritual
din its graveyard
conscience an open wound
othman dan fodio
but taskmasters
body breakers filing tools of torture and death
labour in vain
for black is beautiful and the mind its forerunner
steve biko
you wrote what you liked
the body was weak but the spirit stronger
since truth heals
othman dan fodio
silence heals
as he stood before pontius
the truth like the wind blows as it pleases
and like a loose genie it cannot be bottled
conscience is the greatest arbiter