The Killer disease (HIV/AIDS)
Yolanda Mnyengeza

who are you
where did you come from
you’re destroying our land
killing our people
for no particular reason
but you destroy in every season
you are killing our nation
and causing friction and tension
why, why, why are you killing our
brothers and sisters
taking away our mothers and fathers
oh! you are so ruthless
you take away our happiness
you are destroying our families
you take away our loved ones
destroying and suffocating what we built
just taking away our people without any guilt
I hate you
I ask you again, where did you come from
our nation is falling into pieces
but you don’t care, you just kill us
you take, take and take
you don’t give us a break
or any particular sign
that what we value most will soon be gone
that what we love the most would soon be torn

For many years you’ve been killing
taking and stealing
the ones we adore
the ones who are supposed
to guide us
teach us the wrongs and the rights
love us until we are grown
but instead we are left alone
in this cold unloving world
with people who are not worth living
you are destroying our nation
but we as a nation shall strive
to beat your ruling
and capabilities of destroying us
we shall defeat you, we shall defeat you