
As a woman leader, I have been following political events, issues, confusion and complications in Zimbabwe and amongst Zimbabweans in the diaspora in the past years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. I read a lot. I listened to many. I discuss with many whether openly or in private. I speak on many forums and get the same question which way for Zimbabwe. My answer is as long as we don’t solve the political crisis we don’t solve the social and economic challenges. I strongly go back to my points I have made that Africa needs to create a democratic template where people participate in choosing leaders not necessarily based on political parties only. That said one may ask then what is the way forward for Zimbabwe, I suggest we reconcile with our bad past and create a brighter future. Whereas we can change the future, we can’t change the past and we can’t do much to reverse it. As a student of critical thinking I tried to sum my thoughts in a poetic verse and on Zimbabwe I feel the cold war has to stop and we create peace and build the country. Time has run out. There are times when you look at a conflict and think how best it can be resolved and you find the options are very limited to peace. Once we solve the political issue all others issues get solved as well.
Enough, calling for ceasefire : Poem by Muzvare Betty Makoni (Copyright) Dated 20 August 2013gh, now calling for peace
Ceasefire on decades of endless Cold War
Ceasefire on Cold war freezing just everything and everyone
Ceasefire on words of spit fire for words fired with peace
Ceasefire on hate speech and hurting even more
Ceasefire on threats whether real or planned
Ceasefire on political cyber wars in a peaceful global village
Ceasefire on shedding blood of fellow citizens or foreign citizens
Ceasefire on warlike faces and unnecessary bully behaviour
Ceasefire on wars hidden or open, known or unknown
Ceasefire on wars planned or unplanned
Ceasefire on wars of the intelligence-no guns but just warring
Ceasefire on buses and market places
Ceasefire on media sending out toxic news causing cracks to one country
Enough, calling for ceasefire
Calling for ceasefire…………………
On behalf of those silenced far and wide
On behalf of fallen heroes yearning to rest in peace
On behalf of those murdered and raped but have forgiven
On behalf of my great grandfather Chingaira Makoni, beheaded in First Chimurenga
On behalf of future generations who civilisation forbids wars but dialogue
On behalf of future generations to see peace we created and not wars we fought
On behalf of Africa`s poor fighting for one meal per day
On behalf of those born in war and now live in one after the other
On behalf of those still traumatised by previous wars that ended physically but not mentally
On behalf of those with no school or teacher, no University or lecturer
On behalf of the unemployed youths roaming street to street
On behalf of prostitutes fighting for survival with wars on their bodies
On behalf of the powerless who will not say or ask but just watch
On behalf of the whole Africa struggling for centuries
On behalf of those building and investing
On behalf of those willing to forgive and forge ahead
Enough, Calling for ceasefire
Calling for ceasefire……
For the sake of poor grannies with orphans, none of them in school
For the sake of women vendors raped crossing borders
For the sake of the sick with endless wars of terminal disease
For the sake of those born to live and not die
For the sake of those sleeping on the streets with no roof over their heads
For the sake of lost generation of young people wandering in wilderness
For the sake of moral fibre, rotting and stinking even more
For the sake of those who want to build Zimbabwe on true values and principles
For the sake of those who have committed to work for Zimbabwe
For the sake of true friends of friends of Zimbabwe
For the sake of those denied stay in foreign lands and now destitute and paupers
For the sake of those with skills and expertise and want to build Zimbabwe
For the sake of our professionals turned liars to help those fighting
For the sake of those who want to create wealth and genuinely share it
For the sake of those tired of fighting
For the sake of those who solution in peace and chaos in wars
For the sake of those seeking genuine reconciliation
For the sake of those wanting justice and fairness
For the sake of the nation so fallen apart
For the sake of peace makers and peace keepers around us
Enough, calling for ceasefire
Enough, calling for ceasefire
True heroes search for peace
True heroes find peace
True heroes make peace when they find it
True heroes speak peace and spit out war
True heroes help an never harm
True heroes walk the talk
True heroes do more and speak less
True heroes are inclusive and never exclusive
True heroes never make fellow citizens enemies but friends
True heroes build and never destroy
True heroes are men and women of the people
True heroes want only dialogue and never weapons of mass destruction
True heroes are open minded and talk less and listen more
True heroes sacrifice and give it all
True heroes win the hearts of masses without asking for little favours
True heroes are music that masses sing daily
True heroes are loved an protected as much as they protect
True heroes leave legacies of peace and never tragedies of wars
True heroes are humble but highly revered
True heroes don’t ask for titles for their peace give them entitlements
True heroes don’t say they are heroes but let the masses do
True heroes sing peace and only peace
True heroes extend words of peace and chase after those yearning for war
True heroes don’t revenge or punish
True heroes are just and fair
True heroes create Unity of people and purpose
True heroes are leaders and lead with only truth
Enough Kamaradha, calling for ceasefire