FOR DEDAN KIMATHI <br />(18.02.2009. -52 YEARS LATER) <br /> <br />Liberator <br />Freedom fighter <br />A courageous commander <br />Is what you were <br />And much more sir, <br />I salute you. <br /> <br />In you was embodied <br />The spirit of Kenya <br />Our motherland <br />Shamelessly defiled <br />Repeatedly raped <br />By the white settler colonialist <br />Missionary activists <br />And our people- loyalists. <br /> <br />Around you, <br />The masses revolved <br />You were the sun <br />They were the planets <br />You were a magnet <br />They were pieces of iron <br /> <br />A terrorist they called you <br />Leading cannibals <br />But you remained true <br />To the cause of freedom and justice <br />And equality of all men <br />You paid the ultimate price <br />To unyoke your country <br />And so did others, <br />The MAU MAU. <br /> <br />Five decades later <br />The Hague is vague <br />Maize and other eatables <br />Are pushed down with petrol <br />The land for which you died <br />Suffers even the more <br />Boiled mangoes and paw paws <br />And roasted rats <br />Is the staple food! <br /> <br />Five decades later <br />They still walk in tatters <br />Living in shacks <br />With no opportunities <br />With no help <br />To better their mundane lives. <br /> <br />Five decades later <br />The fruits of independence <br />Are yet to fall down <br />Its meaning, <br />Is yet to dawn on us. <br />We still, <br />Walk in the mists of freedom <br />We cannot see <br />The place we are going. <br />Sir, <br />For what did you die?<br /><br />kelvin karani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/for-dedan-kimathi/
