Real

All over the world,

Real men, and women,

Full grown-

Wake up real early in the morning,

Take real showers-
have a real breakfasts-

Take their real kids, to real schools, to get them a real education...

They wear real suits, watches, and shoes and go to work in real cars-

They get real Salaries-

And making a real living-
Making real decisions as leaders of the people-


Making real decisions- that affect real people- all over the world.



You- a real citizen of a real world,

Sit and see a real T.V –
but all you do is watch the images

You sit and listen to a real radio-
but all you do is hear real stories.

You sit and comprehend a real paper-
but all you do is read between the lines and miss the real points.


On the other side of your TV- Radio- and paper-

Is Real life being destructed.

Because, there is a real gun made available.

And in that gun- is a Real bullet-

A Real trigger- on that trigger- is

A real finger, hand, wrist, arm, shoulder-

A real Person, with a real brain-

And a real heart-

A real heart,
full of real hatred.

Real hatred spoon fed to them with care –

By the people, who make these decisions, as the leaders of the people.

And by us,

who watch their images on T.V,
but don’t see their pain

Who hear the radio,
but don’t listen to their stories-

Who understand the papers,
and miss the real points between the lines.


We have made real killers!

It’s all Real.

On the other side of the gun-

A real child-

With real hopes-And real fears-
Real sweat and real tears-

It’s Real

Hearing;

Real screams and crying

Real women begging- and pleading for them to just stop-

Real Rapes-

Real female mutilations-

Smelling;

Real fire on real villages-
Real homes!



Seeing;

Real torture-

Real terror-

Victims of Real Ignorance-

It’s all real-

Tasting;

Real Famines and droughts-

Real Hunger- Real Thirst-

Real wars- Real Genocides-

Real losses-

Real widows and widowers-

Real orphans-

Real parents gone childless-


And Babies-

Real Babies-

Abandoned,

Killed-

Violated-

Burned-

Tortured-

Cut-

Beat-

Massacred-

Shot-

Smashed-

Stabbed-

By real people...

While we call ourselves good men-
and sit and do absolutely nothing-

How real is that???





By: Angel Uwamahoro