By Imani Freystar
Democracy, democracies;
Hiyo ndio ilikua jina when the world was still upright.
Tables zilisha turn, saa hii the right word is Democrisis.
Juu tangu hii world i turn upside down, we are in a crisis.
An advanced age yet hatuna usalama.
I’m INSECURE, Mimi ndo niliimbiwa na SAUTI SOL.
Insecure design, Kutembea usiku Siwezi! Na ni juu ya police brutality si wezi..eeh, si juu ya thieves.
Na hata nisipotembea, crime scene iko kwangu. In whose hands am I safe?
Safe days aren’t guaranteed si mwache niwe na safe nights basi!
Nakusalute Askari, sasa anza kufuata policy.
Cold threats zinafanya damu yangu ichemke.
Washaniturn bubu. Msanii bubu. Niongee nipewe lift na Subaru? Aah aah! not me!
If democracy gives me power, mbona the only power naweza hold onto ni Ngoma Fulani ya bongo?
Ama nafanya things wrong bila kutumia ubongo?
Uwongo banaa! I’ve tried everything Hadi kwenda kwa streets!
But hii ni serikali ya Kila mwongo, and I don’t mean liar , I mean mwongo, literally si sisi huvote after ten years, mwongo.
A decade that leaves the country more decayed.
I want to be included, damn I got an ID, and a voters card too, yes!
But nani na nanii, wameamua only Fulani na fulani, ndo watakuwa included
Juu Freystar na Shikkiey Kuna vitu hawashiki.
Apana banaa! Nisha buy glue, nashikanisha what is going already!
Nani na nanii hawataki opposition.
Nani ataniskiza?
We need to pray juu hawa watu ni ma predators.
Kutufyoza damu then waulize mbona hatuwapei ticks.
Ni tricky!
We are GenZ’s in the making but wanatustrain kwa Koo
Na wanatuumiza rohoo
Include us in those public participations like you include us in your manifestos.
Democracy inafaa kutupea free will tujitoe kwa hizi chains,
Free and fair elections because cheating pains,
Inclusivity because togetherness wins,
Ask Nepal Division kills,
Nepotism also writes wills,
Democracy yearns blood
Juu Bado hatutaki kuona hizi red flags.
Lazima world irudi upright,
Tutoke kwa hii democrisis tujivunie democracies.
Imani Freystar,
The Midnight Star.
