I Weep for Africa

i weep for Africa
 
 not because it hurts me
 
 but because its land needs my water

 i bend for Africa
 
 not because it wants me to break
 
 but because i want to wrap my body around its people
 
 and pull them closer as they drift apart

 i sit in Africa
 
 and watch it combust internally
 
 and see its wars fuelled from western wages
 
 and hear its people sing songs of ubuntu
 
 while massacring their own humanity

 i stand in Africa
 
 and feel someone else’s green grass beneath my feet
 
 while they stand
 
 on barren
 
 soil

 i long for Africa
 
 to show me the way to contribute
 
 rather than sitting behind a screen of white privilege
 
 and searching for a soul to match soles with in our march
 
 for African redemption
 
 my heart cries for Africa
 
 as i feel each conflict within my own being
 
 as we are one, Africa and i

 i sing for Africa
 
 songs of struggle
 
 songs of peace
 
 i know where we have come from
 
 i know where we are
 
 i don’t know where we are going
 
 but i know where we should be
 
 but i will do my best to get us there

God Bless africa
 
 Guard Her Children
 
 Guide Her Leaders
 
 And Give Her Peace