Dark times are looming over our nation A nation once lively and full of vibration Once filled with joy and laughter But now filled with gloom and disaster The nation is crying The nation is dying The nation is starving The nation is suffering But why are their pleas not being heard ? Why are their afflictions going unheard ? Lives perishing day and night Children dying Mothers dying Father's dying Turmoil and upheaval in the land In the land of our heritage In the land of our people In the land of our ancestors In the land that rightfully belongs to our people The nation is crying but their tears are going unheard Their voices being silenced Those who have power could do something...... But the question remains Do they want to do something ? The nation’s cry echoes in the silence of indifference Will we rise, or will we let them fade into the dark ? We are not free , until we are all free