Humanity's Tears Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

I cry for you
When your anger is left to recklessly roam the streets
and your venom is used to slaughter the innocent
I cry for you
When you disembowel your fellow human beings
With your bare hands
I cry for you
When you ignite the fire of xenophobia
And watch it consume my people
I cry for you
When you embrace your evil schemes
And gather together to kill others
I cry for every life lost
I cry for the children left behind
I cry even more
For those who are keeping quiet
As the fire of xenophobia burns
I cry for South Africa
I cry for Africa
I cry for planet earth
I cry for myself
I cry humanity's tears

Dedicated to the victims of xenophobia in South Africa