Remember Marikana- By Sizwe Saliso

The Struggle is never over, where bread winners are mere numbers, fellow countrymen dying in the hands of those who are meant to protect them in the name of capitalist greed.
Black Regime & Elite What are your intentions with Children of Azania? It sure can't be a mere matter of opulence, something is very wrong here.
My Values, Freedom, & Dignity you swore to restore & protect. You promised me accountability.
How long must my struggle continue being for food in your rich soil, a job to keep me from disease, shelter to nurture my melanin and raise my seeds with a wife within a family & education to take better care of you & protect you from centuries of suffering and exploitation?

Why is my son's degree a life-long debt, my daughter's boardroom abilities attributed to bedroom interviews? Why is my mom's health only a debate between her and prayer than health-care while her husband's pension pays for your luxury?

You can't afford to emotionally beat me until I am Black and Blue, because I dream anew. Your rubber bullet hits the same spot the one from an unjust regime did, just decades ago, so my body is numb but the question still stands, What have I done to deserve one as cruel you?

I breathe like you, bleed like you but I will certainly not plead with you, no more. I will restore my own dignity, pick up the pieces of my broken tears and dispel my fears. Values, I will teach, as a song to my children, just like "..senzeni na.." fueled the spirit of those who paid with their lives for us to be here.

I will show my son  how admirable it is to try and fail, seek guidance from his elders and what makes a man. I will be my wife & daughter's first pillar of masculine strength, confidence & praise their beauty along with their efforts.

Friends, I can only imagine dreams that these men perished with, but one thing is clear, this can't be questions and struggles I fight for, for the rest of mine, as a Blackman.

Violence will only tarnish the pride of the African Lion while crime will only retain a stereotype. Look at yourself through your own soul. Fight the image in your head that allows another to be superior than you. Feed your mind knowledge, drink from cups of wisdom and take control of your own destiny. We are meant to laugh as much as we cry, that is life, but fight and keep the balance.

- Slyso's Random -