Poesia dos tempos que correm

THE WORD IS A BIRD

Some say silence is golden

But silence is shit

’Cause words can hit

But they can heal

Liberating us from what we feel

’Cause mazwi acho akasimba

Anogona kutibatsira kwatirikuenda (1)

’Cause words are warriors

And their great gifts are glorious

But politicians wanna sell us words that are worthless

Creating a populace that’s wordless

Throwing curse upon curse on the word’s carcass

But the word is a bird and birds fly regardless

Flying above the durawalls of their so-called silence

The word still heard above their virile violence

’Cause you can bomb the word but you can’t keep it silent.

(1) Words are powerful, they can help us to move forward.

(Samm Farai Monro, mais conhecido como Comrade Fatso, Zimbabué)