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Poem Reflection: Africa’s Plea

Posted by QUEEN MIYUKI on AUGUST 28, 2016

From the title itself, I already had an idea on what lies after reading the title. This poem is a piece that will show us what the Africans want to tell us.

“I am not you –

but you will not

give me a chance

will not let me be me”

They are not us but they don’t have the chance to be them. It may not be exactly us, but, whoever they may be, people should not look down on Africans.

“‘If I were you’ –

but you know

I am not you,

yet you will not

let me be me.

You meddle, interfere

in my affairs

as if they were yours

and you were me.”

We should not interfere with the things that do not concern us. If we are not part of it, then we should leave them alone. We can help but we should not interfere as if we are them. They don’t interfere with ours so we should not interfere with theirs.

“You are unfair, unwise,

foolish to think

that I can be you,

talk, act

and think like you.

God made me me.

He made you you.

For God’s sake

Let me be me.”

God made us uniquely and differently. We are equal in his eyes but we are different when it comes to ourselves. We should respect that. One cannot be the other because they are who they are. We cannot change that. If we want people to respect us, we should also respect them.

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