Am that dying person fighting to know what has killed me,
I am that ill patient helplessly lying on a death bed
struggling to unearth the cause of my disease.
I am that bleeding woman shouting out
to understand why rape is a legal tool of war.
Am that exhausted worker who dozes on and off
unable to imagine the importance of my productivity,
which grows day by day but leaves my wage unmoved.
Am that believer, who when oppressed calls out
for the hand of the Christian-Muslim God but in vain.
I am that low simple human being who longs to be raised
and made great in the name of human dignity.
All in all, I am who am not but should be.
Just who I am…
Gicaniro Bushake
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-am-who-am-not-but-should-be/
