Written by Laila Hairani Abdullah Sanggura
Is your heart made of stone?
Why are you hiding
behind the cloak of authority
giving briefings after briefings
not allowing open dialogues
when you claim to care for
the beloved people of your country?
Is your heart made of stone?
Why don’t you come down
from your high and mighty place
to reach out and see for yourself
the sufferings on the ground
when you claim to care for
the beloved people of your country?
Is your heart made of stone?
Why do you keep coming up
with policies that have failed
to contain the spread of the disease
causing untold misery and deaths
when you claim to care for
the beloved people of your country?
Is your heart made of stone?
Why are you not concerned that
big foreign investors are fleeing,
industries and businesses are closing
causing loss of revenue and jobs
when you claim to care for
the beloved people of your country?
Is your heart made of stone?
Why don’t you care that
your scheme of things
electing lieutenants not on merit
has resulted in poor governance
when you claim to care for
the beloved people of your country?
Is your heart made of stone?
Why do you claim to have legitimacy
and yet, keep on thwarting
the motion to prove it
and sabotaging democratic rights
in the August House
when you claim to care for
the beloved people of your country?
Does your heart not bleed
with people raising
…white flags out of desperation
…red flags out of helplessness
…black flags out of disgust
when you claim to care for
the beloved people of your country?
Truly, your heart is made of stone!
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