The Awakening
by Synik
The awakening…I’m opening closed eyes Hoping at the end of my days I can say that I chose wise The media stays spinning tales like old wives
But when your goals seeking truth, inside is where the road lies I’m starting with questioning, beliefs that I’ve held Like happiness is only found through increasing your wealth See it’s the love for money that turns people to beasts As long as war equals profits we aint seeing no peace But I feel trapped, seeking freedoms like futility still Coz I got to make cash to pay utility bills It’s unfair from the start how the way the board is set A man will play by your rules if you trap him in debt That means I’d take a job and get minimum wage Just to pay, for some things that I don’t need anyway Consumerism is the prison and my people are caged What fuels greed is the screen on which the image displays Its brainwashing and they say it passively Your life won’t be complete without the latest gadgetry Don’t get me wrong, I aint saying that I don’t like nice things But a child’s smile carries more joy than that ice brings Aint no prosperity if nothing is left for posterity Trying to find finite resources got them drafting war strategies There’s more tragedies going on ignored Got me wondering, what I should use my poetry for Advertising products and getting endorsed Perpetuating misconceptions about my people of course Too many times I got to defend this art as my own But if its borrowed stories in my poems then I’m only a clone I bring it home to the streets where the people are strong And the situations drove many breadwinners from homes Raising kids over the phone, with western union codes While small bricks of lack of touch steady grew into walls We are soul survivors, its true coz I feel it Came out the wombs of queens with entrepreneurial spirits But I’m not just Zimbabwean I’m a global citizen My pen drips the stories of the world they got me living in Using company bandwidth downloading revolutions Jasmine to Wall Street we all searching for solutions Pain is the bastard child when the planet is raped As we await for recognition of the Palestine state Ima find a cause that gives strength to my voice With 7 billion books to read ignorance is a choice When I was younger, I studied to acquire a paper The University of Life gives a qualification that’s greater Like learning to love and showing creation respect In each clay vessel something amazing is kept I’m tracing the steps of those who sought a higher cause Fought noble wars, and with the side effect of inspired souls From the child who dreamt and became the leader who rose To the small shaking voice that left evil exposed To those who sought justice for every person And in the face of mad oppression stayed fervently searching For a truth that unifies instead of divides It’s you who decides whether you’ll be remembered in life By the stories you inspired, and the smiles that you midwifed Eternity is going to be crafted by how you live life Which is the reason why I am trying to awaken Learning without ceasing, in season inspire a nation Or just a single soul, their story may be greater than mine But they may reach their destination, coz I stand as a sign In my hands I only have the time I was given But I am glad to say; now I am finally living Finding a reason to stretch my imagination, shaping My legacy, so my kids are content with the world that I gave them So I am careful what I’m taking in, this world make you hate your skin There’s grace in every day you’re in, this is my awakening At you pace, it’s not a race to win, so even when you face the wind Find grace in very day you’re in, may this be your awakening