Tsungirirai Demetria Kambayo ‘AKA’ ‘Tough Lady’
The pain is heavy
Hard to engage with the levy
It has been a chevy
To address it as a bevvy
Dragged to comply
Misery to absorb
Betrayed power to regret
Until when
Do we have to compromise?
It gets irritating
Dreams crave to be irrigated
Words alone have become irrelevant
Are we really irresponsible
Or the opportunities are irregular?
Women, women, women!
Shame, abomination is our identity
Abortion, our new culture
The action to bear children
Is where our attraction lies
Our future lies in their will
It hurts to be lonely
Will we ever be alone
To decide for ourselves?
Are we to compete
To make the world complete?
We just want to be unique
Contribute willingly to the table
Empower while we still have the power
As a mother, my daughter is to draw inspiration from me
How then can I accommodate affirmation
When beneath my potential
I am suppressed?
I want to be there for my son
Strengthen him through thick and thin
How then can I
If all my energy is to satisfy sexual desires?
My baby girl, you married off to a monster
School dropout, all efforts in vain
Unprotected sex, no say to stand for herself
Unplanned webs of infections
Unwanted pregnancy, the journey to child labour takes its roots beneath
All you do is celebrate the childbearing machine
You created her into
Can’t we work together towards one goal
To make our land a better home
To groom our girls into women of change
To perform at our best to create transformation
To deal away with oppression
And women’s rights suppression?
Is what we ask too much?
We cry for hope and freedom
Take a stand in amplifying the voices of women
In solidarity with Palestinian women
We are more
And we deserve more!