Slaves

Slaves! 

We are slaves of our wishes
We are slaves of who we want 
To become and what we want 
To become! 

Slaves of our ignorance 
Slaves of our inadequacy 
Slaves of our inabilities and 
Slaves of our incapabilities!

I believe we are not developing 
From slavery to Freedom! But 
We are developing from 
Slavery to slavery!

Bowing down to slave masters 
Of our eyes! 

Bowing down to slave masters 
Of our ears! 

Bowing down to slave masters 
Of our stomachs! 

And bowing down to slave masters 
Of our desires! 

It is as if, we have always been 
Slaves! As if slave life, is what we 
Are used to! As if slavery is our 
First point of our operations! 
As if there are slaves, who 
Have got their own slaves! 
As if the slaves of slaves 
Have their own slaves 
And the list goes 
On and on and 
On!

When will we become exactly how
We were created to be? 

Since now, we have become 
Prisoners of reliance syndrome!

Our own celebrities becoming 
Slave-role models! Even
Sometimes selling their
Souls to the devils!

Slaves! 

Will we all sell our souls to 
The the devils? And when 
Will we become Free? 

Freedom when we are dead? How 
About freedom when are alive? 

What is Freedom? Freedom 
From what? 

Slavery! 

How do you explain doing what 
You don’t want to do? For the 
Sake of not having any other 
Option? But, just to do it! 

Slavery!

Are we all being organized in a box
Of matches, only to be used to 
Spark out a fire? 

And if anyone jumps out of that 
Same box, that someone will burn 
Out with the same fire! 

Slaves. Who is enslaving us? 
And why are we being enslaved?

Kunta Kinte! Who is enslaving us? 
And why are we being enslaved?

Is it true that? Provided we have 
Needs, we will forever be slaves? 

“Slaves”