IT IS TOO QUIET
BY TAMANDANI MWERA
This loud
silence is unsettling
She cries and
we do not hear her
We see her
scars and we don't ask
She walks in
silence but her body and mind makes all the noise
She represses
her pain
She knows that
if she talks then drums will be beaten once more
Or worse, the
band will break up
But why is the
band still together anyway..
How can love
be seen in such fog?
Where is the
love in violence?
Can crying in
pain be equal to care?
Or maybe love
is pain?
Maybe just
maybe this is a new version of love
A heartless
and moral-less upgrade on the original
One that will
destroy the society
She might
suffer in silence but the future sees
They watch and
think that is the way to go
A woman
lamenting and a man being the causative agent
Will there
even be a future if the bearer diminishes?
Astonishing
how your anger can cause such havoc
Would your
mother approve of such behavior?
Or maybe what
she didn't see didn't happen?
A fist is not
mightier than the word
As you hit you
scar the society slowly
You erase the
happy memories and paint a dark future
Forever traumatizing
many
So let us not
be quiet
Let us shout
and take a stand
Our noise will
not hurt anyone but our silence will