ASSAULTED DREAM

that dream severely assaulted

severely assaulted by those bereft of thinking

those that seek to erase our memories

memories of the african struggle

the struggle against those crimes

those crimes against humanity

the crimes of slavery,colonialism,neo-colonialism

that dream severely battered by those miscreants

treating fellow citizens like vermin

pleasing those that doubt our humanity

that inherited dream severely assaulted

the dream of our greatness

the dream inherited from our patriots and our matriots

the lofty dream of a great africa

not this rich africa that feeds foreign children

this continent rich in resources yet wallowing in poverty

wallowing in this abject poverty all around us

this poverty that makes us pawns in evil schemes

those evil schemes that make us our own enemies

the dream shall live on forever

time shall heal this deep wound

the time for that healing is now

hear the trumpet of hope now blowing