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Why me? [written by Zibusiso Ngcobo]
It is so cold
All alone in the darkness
As you pound on me with your fists,
Day by day
I ask myself
Why me?
You call me names,
You cause me pain,
You put your fists on my face,
Day by day
I ask myself
Why me?
Am I different?
Or is my intelligence a threat?
Is it the way I dress,
Or the way I walk,
The way I talk
Why me?
What does this mean?
Why bully me?
Who are you to put your fists on me?
I ask you to stop
Before it is too late
And leave my fate in God’s hands
I get a rope,
Tie it on a tree
Far away from every living thing,
Then I sit and think
God please forgive me
But you failed to answer
Why me?
