By Celestine Nudanu
No man should be silenced with a knee
nor with guns, nor with a word.
for the freedom to breathe is a given
and freedom to express should be free
like the very air we breathe
words are powerful
so is silence
so is the will to be heard
above the din of the silence
when silence becomes golden
it loses its lustre
as one people all over
our words must be the voice
for the voiceless
as poets
our words must
break taboos
crack whips and ceilings
reach out unbend those knees
that stifle the very air we breathe
for breathe, we must.