Our Experience

By Chinofunga Ndoga

Acts sanctioned by none but you
Acts known by none but you
Acts of deaths witnessed by you
Acts of darkness commanded by you
Acts unkind, evil and unforgiving


Mischief approved and common to you
Mischief paid art in your covert world
Mischief uncommon and disapproved
In the overt world we reside


My capture!
My demise!

His abduction!
His disappearance!
Her torture!
Her callous murder!

Their arrest!
Their incarceration!

Our trial!
A travesty!
Our experience!
Painful and horrific


You gain from our pain
You locate relief in our grief
You count victories in victims
You!
I hate your success
Achieved at the expense of our sorrows


Where is justice for our experience?
My captor still haunts me
His abductor, still roam the streets scot-free
Her murderer still kills more

Their policeman still acts with impunity
Their prison officer continues to deny them food and medication
The intelligence officer unintelligent
still extracts information under duress
The judge remains tribal
His verdict partisan and poisoned


In Zimbabwe, my country
Alluta continua!

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