What is our sin???

By Limukani Nyoni

We are tortured beaten raped and starved to death
We are driven out of our homes like cattle by the situation
We are forced to choose between life, death and political party
What is our sin? What is our sin?

We have been called names in different places,
In Botswana and South Africa we have been called Makwerekwere
In Europe we asylum seekers
But why? Why?
Why Zimbabweans
What is our sin?

We ran away from our government and the country’s situation
Hoping to get mercy from our neighbours
But all we get are names, labels, machetes and guns to kill us
We ran to our former colonialists who have made billions from our country
They put us in diplomatic prisons where we are not allowed to work
We are checked weekly or sometimes monthly
We are imprisoned with no release date
We are forced to abandon our responsibilities,
We are made to survive on £35 food voucher per week
What is our sin? But why?

We have tried to voice against our government but nothing’s changed
We were beaten, tortured and intimidated
We went to South Africa asking for asylum we were beaten tortured and set alight
We came to England and we were thrown into detention centres
Kulicala na ukuzilwela wena inkululeko yakho
We can’t take this anymore...........