To the Coloured Mind

 Lifetime of inferiority,

As perceived by colour,

A colour racism always let turn into fascism,

Whatever the accomplishments, all turned black by white,

For White is the new Black!

I end up doing the menial,

Always hear the heinial.

Always looked down,

Forced to Look up.

For White is the new Black!

I’m silenced by day,

And violated by night.

I championed for the cause,

Am made to rue for the loss.

For White is the new Black!

A day shall come when darkness is positive,

And dawn negative,

For I wait to rule in the night,

As my skin was never favoured in light,

For White is the new Black!

I wait and await,

For a day beyond colours,

To be an accomplice to glory,

For the Intellect to honor me

beyond physicality,

For white to turn grey,

With all the fervor I pray!

An ode to Black panther, in a bid to rhyme! 

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The Common Man

I am a common man,

Dreaming of rags to riches,

Earnestly waiting for the sight of beauty,

Looking to abscond from duty.

Waiting for a glimpse of rain,

Praying not to get wet and stain.

I am a common man,

Praying for a lottery on a daily basis,

Bribing divinity with devotion,

Losing my plot with emotion,

Invading others’ privacy,

Doing my bit for the rumour mill,

So that I am the first one to shout about it atop the hill.

I am a common man,

For I can neither  desist the fantasies

Nor can I resist human fallacies 

I shall comment on elected representatives  but 

I shall never be the change I want to see 

I am a common man,

Craving a lifetime of attention,

Plagued by the spotlight and intention.

Waiting for opportunity to knock on my door,

While I wait outside not noticing.

Alas I am a common man rendered common by mediocrity in thought, with laziness playing a part,

Drowning the sounds of conscience and immersing myself in Individualism without originality,

I am a common man and  I shall remain thus.

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