Pindirai by Mgcini Nyoni

Photo by Resta Nyamwanza

We have danced

and sweated

sweated and bled a river.

We have sung and prayed

We have played our drums

have hit our percussions

to a shrieking crescendo

prophets clad in

red

green

yellow

have shaken our heads

into dizzy confusion

dirty fingers inserted

into girls and mothers.

We have sung

and danced

and prayed

And have hit

the same brick walls

We look up to the heavens

and say

Pindirai Mwari*

* Pindirai Mwari – please intervene God.