Peace need not be a dream,
A wish or child’s naïve illusion
It need not silently flow out of our bloodstream
Instead of flow in-
While feeding the bottomless greed
Of blind ambition,
Thirst for power
Lust for the fleeting things, mortal things,
Self-consuming, self-defeating things of a world in which
We are only passers by
Peace need not be a dream
An oasis or that strange place where fantasy reigns
It need not be masked behind
Pretense, feigned consensus or mere conformity
It need not fly on broken wings
Or walk on broken limbs
Or hang on the broken strings of humanity
Peace need not be impossibility
A myth disappearing into the sun
Each time a nation’s daughters and sons
Look one another eye to eye
And their name is—tribe
Driven apart by social construct
Mentality we must deconstruct!
Kenyan youth,
You know the truth
So you have the power to choose
Which side of history you will stand.
Peace need not be a foreign, distant memory
Lost between torn pages
From old history books
Peace shall be fill our cup
If only we shall pour in it
Pour our souls into our nation’s redemption
Only if we shall rise up
To honor the flag for which blood was spilled
A nation’s future sealed
Peace looks like one thousand stars
Finding home in one sky
Like one thousand voices
Harmonizing one song
Like one thousand hands held together
In this march to freedom, chanting:
“We shall overcome!
We shall overcome!”
Peace looks like:
Voting NOT for race, creed or color of skin
Voting NOT for name, fame or tribe of your kin
It looks like:
Voting leaders for merit
And NOT having to pay the price for it
Kenyan youth,
You know this truth
You have the power to choose
Which side of history you will stand
Peace is possible, dreamable, achievable, and livable!
Peace is ABLE
Now is the time to rewrite the story
Across counties- tribes- occupations
The time is now to engrave peace in our history!
Natasha Muhoza (21st century) Rwanda (now working in Kenya)
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