I Am Waiting

                                              I am waiting

Sing me a song          woman

Sing me a song
Of days that will be better
When woman can live the life
That she chooses
Sing me the song 
         That tells us of the ceremonial castration
         Of those the believe that a woman
         Is but a child

Sing me a song          woman


Sing me a song
         Of days when I can walk
         With my sister hand in hand
         Without feigning ailment
Sing me the song
         That tells us of the nights
         We can ignore the footsteps behind us
         And enjoy the quiet streets on the way home

Sing me a song          woman

Sing me a song
         Of days when those sitting
         On the chairs we elect          
         Will rejoice in the moon
                   As many of us
Sing me the song
         That reminds us of when our sisters
         Made the laws that ruled them
         When a sister was not guilty by
         Virtue of her sex, color, creed, race …

Sing me a song          woman


Sing me a song
         Of days when my tears
         Will be joined by the ever flowing
         Waters of the Limpopo river
Sing me the song
         That will lead us as our fluids
         Become one with the ocean
         As we celebrate the moon

Sing me a song          woman

Our sisters in the struggle
         Are waiting
Sing us the song
         That will break the shackles

Sing me a song          woman
I am waiting


By
         Nambitha Mpumlwana