David Lekoba - When Choice Is None

For what is choice
When choice is none?
To make belief
My ballot to win
When in glitter you are,
Mine is the dust.
So, for what is choice
When choice is none?

By nights of unrest
My choice to scream for you.
By the hot African sun
My choice still to scream for you
And now my sweat your rapture
While the shack in winter my torture
Then, what is choice
When choice is none?

Your roots so proud
A foundation lay,
My father’s choice
An aid to yours
And now my choice
With yours is none
Glitter and gleam you are
Dirty and grimy I am
So, for what is choice
When choice is none?

For you my blood,
The same as me,
Arise and shine
With machete not
For under the sun
Nothing lives forever
When choice is none
The choice is us
Our land, our hope
When choice is “none”

David Lekoba

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