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By
Gerry Sikazwe
Am I A Coward?
If I refuse to point a rifle at another’s face
Or slit throats of brothers peacefully asleep
Or bomb a village with fireworks massacring the young learning to crawl
If I refuse to hone a weapon to end someone’s life
Am I really a coward?
If I decide to not answer anger with anger,
Or assume someone is responsible for my misfortune
Or to embrace divergent diversity
If I decide to erase violence as a method
of conflict resolution
Am I really a coward?
If today I pronounced that peace is stronger than wars
Or that well crafted words and deeds
are better ammunition
Or that we should clothe life its royal reverence deserving it, preserving it
Am I really a coward?
Gerry Sikazwe
Gerry Sikazwe is a Zambian poet. He is currently studying at the University of Zambia pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Adult Education. He manages a poetry page on Facebook and a poetry blog. His peoms have been featured on sites such as Dissident Voices, AfricanWriter.com, In Between Hangovers, Mshikamano.com, Nthanda Review and Tipton Poetry Journal.
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