By Ricardo Swanepoel , Rastafarian, Helenvale, Gqeberha.
Be it as it may
We’ve broken bread, we’ve prayed
the lessons learned and knowledge gained
assure us all
nothing was not in vain
We’ve known not
we’d hear these voices, the challenges,
the hard choices
Yet once heard,
we did wonder what to say
I thought to say nothing
except give you all a bow
as we go forward in this fight
having discerned in our heart
the wrong from the right
Wishing you courage
to keep pushing through
because courage, my friends
is what I get from you
May the almighty God Bless you all
May you go well, aware
Where this journey might take us all
Only time will tell
AMANDLA!
Ricardo’s interests are: Environmentalism, social justice, activism, art, poetry
He says, “My art and poetry is what drives me. No question! Every other thing is in support of that and my activism! My dream is to be employed in the activism space so employment does not take me away from it, or impact my ability to achieve my goals and that of my organisation!”
