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Slaves Again

 

Slaves Again

Slaves of yesterday
Written on their backs with whips was history of their status.
Others, with the names which they carried.
Rest was a commodity most could barely afford than to deny.
But those people were not in the chains of nowadays.
Their struggle wasn't with the virtual but the real.
Humans against fellow humans and being inhuman.
Sailing on the seas to unknown lands
Without having the opportunity to see what the other sees till they see another land.

But the story is different now.
Our history today is written on untouchable parchments. 
Our masters being our own creations.
Driven by varied addictions,
We deny ourselves even an affordable rest.
Sailing to unknown lands;
Places we may never step our foot upon.
Being chained to our detractors bought with our own money.
The chains are visible but the breaking is difficult. 
Wish generations to come escape this captivity.
Oh how can we win war waged against our own selves?


By Wise Makafui Afun



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