We Won't Forget Poem by Qiniso Mogale

We won't forget the atrocities of
murderers and savages
We won't forget the torture of Jews
in concentration camps by Adolf Hitler
We won't forget those senseless killings
of innocent people
We won't forget the unnecessary hostilities
to defenceless people.

We won't forget the political murders of
dictators like Idi Amin Dada
We won't forget political systems like apartheid
which reduced black people to second class citizens
We won't forget the African slave trade
We won't forget how Red Indians were dispossessed of their land in present day Americas
We won't forget how Europeans claimed to have discovered Africa.

We won't forget how politicians have looted nations
coffers to enrich themselves
We won't forget how they have committed ritual
murders to gain and hold on to power
We won't forget how they have assassinated their
political opponents
We won't forget how they have sold out members
of their own families to gain power
We won't forget how they have bribed and schemed
in their quest for unlimited power.

We won't forget
The graves are constant reminders
We won't forget
The tears of the afflicted have not been wiped
We won't forget
The blood of those they've murdered cries out
for vengeance.