Silence In Africa

Stop and listen There is a blistering silence Pervading the African continent A constipated silence Full of protesting voices Songs of freedom sung in silence Africa is full of silence No one is protesting against inequality No voice shouts against the ravaging poverty Not even a soul to protest against brutal dictatorships Silenced protesters roam the plains And the highlands of Africa Muffled by their perpetual hunger Stifled by their perpetual fear Wild politics soak the mud of Africa Democracy has been turned upside down A minority rules against the majority's wishes Sentencing millions of people to hunger Unleashing havoc among the poor Their voice permanently muted by hunger Their prison cell is poverty