Yesterday mothers cried
They flocked the morgues
Their children murdered
Do you know how that feels?
Trigger happy
dogs of the regime
Who are also sons of other mothers
Took away innocent lives
Because they were bold enough
To express love
Love for the homeland
On that day
Patriots left home
To struggle for change
Never to return
That’s the highest form of love
Love for the homeland
Just the other day
Compatriots were bundled
Like sacks in lorries
detained in filthy cells
Tortured]
Fractured
Hurt
Pained
Humiliated
For the crime of love.
Love for the homeland
Remember that afternoon
When they teargassed us
shot at us
Like wild game
But we picked up the fallen Comrades
Lost our fear
Marched on
Until we occupied the Parliament
And reclaimed our sovereignty
Because of unconditional love.
Love for the homeland
That was the day
We occupied Kenyatta Avenue
Renamed it
Rex Maasai Avenue
The first martyr
Of the uprising
Who died for love.
Love for the Homeland
On that fateful day
Underpaid doctors were overwhelmed
Understaffed hospitals full
Of injured protesters
Gunshot wounds
Broken bones
Because they dared to show love
Love for the homeland
The next morning
Freedom fighters lined up
Before the magistrate
To answer their charges
The offence of love.
Love for the homeland
Tomorrow
More shall pour
In the streets of the motherland
To complete the mission
Only one thing drives them,
Love for the homeland.
Homeland or death!
Tuesday 27th, August.
Central Police Station , Nairobi.
