Sold (Modern-Day African Slaves) Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

As if slavery was not painful enough
Young Africans are being sold again
Intoxicated by the power of capitalism
Young African men gather in high numbers
On the stalls of the Libyan slave market
Ready to sacrifice themselves
And drown humanity into another dark hour

Africa is being ripped from within
Poverty is a monster with no heart
Inequality is an ugly monster with no brains
Tribal wars and genocide are rampart
Dictatorships are everywhere
There is nowhere to hide from these marauding monsters

Slavery can never be the answer
Humanity must reject this barbaric act
Humanity must shield himself from the curse of slavery
It's easy to be sold in an open market
But the scars created are going to haunt mankind forever
Africans will never heal from the brutal wounds of the past
The slave masters are burying themselves deep into the abyss of the unknown