You hate?!!

You hate me ...

I never imposed on you 

I never stole from you

Or share ambition

yet you hate me

For decades you kept such hatred

Deeply rooted in your veins

You've been fed hate

Told stories about me

Lied to so you can hate

You full of hate ...

You've been denied a room to think on your own

Given ammunition to hate and you accepted

You hate, when you know the poison you fed

Why you hate me?

Why do you hate me ... 

I share what I have in me 

My pride beneath & on top of the soil

My life in valleys and joy in the plain fields

My beauty in the karoo & my scenes in ukhahlamba

Yet you passionately hate me! 

Afrika is big for all yet you want it for yourself

Greed dominates you uncontrollably 

You mark territories naming them yours

In places you found freehold

Just so you can be superior & worthy to those who didn't see your worth

Why you hate me?

Is it self hate directed to me, I ask myself

Is your sight still clouded by hate from your ancestors

Is your mind unable to see good that needs to be done

Is self hate so much that it flows out of your skin effortlessly?

Why do you hate?

When you can love, love self & others

When you can accept differences

When you can think on your own

Act on your own thoughts & decisions

Why live your ancestors dreams and faults

Why be chained by chains used for slavery

Why perpetuate your self hate to others

Why not deal with self and accept your flaws

Why you continue to hate?

To this day you hate

Under influences you still hate

You fight passionately to be superior 

Lacking kindness and Ubuntu to your own 

Selfish and arrogant without shame

Your hate is so toxic ...

You fearful and pretentious in your so-called space

You wanna lead & be heard in spaces of those you hate

You full of hate, you toxic with hate 

Why do you hate so much, why do you hate so much?

Leave hate friend, love life!

Written by Khaya Sol Gebashe

2Aug2014