By Atilieu Diing, Kabarak University, Kenya
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Tribal marks and ethnic lines
Civil wars and loss of lives
Looting, raids and massacres
Leaving all forever scarred
Politics, fear and confusion
The birth and murder of a nation
What is this poisonous thorn?
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Piercing deep into our hearts
Promises, delays and failures
A new history of long war
Patience, they say but for how long?
Agreements proclaimed and signed
But at the end no clear signs
What is this poisonous thorn?
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Our hearts have cried to their last
On our knees is where we are at
For an end to this slow liberation
And yet still we are pierced
Hurt so deeply as a nation
So the answer is in this question
What is this poisonous thorn?