Xenophobia

Xenophobia equates to a lack of humanity
When we lack humanity, We have lost our soul.

A soul less person is difficult to imagine.
A soul less nation is unimaginably difficult to comprehend.

How does a nation forget its xenophobic acts?
Whether as victims or perpetrators.
And will not the universe conspire against that nation.

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Sometime it will come to pass
That past sins will be paid for.

We think too small
When we look for immediate gratification.
Surely if we waste a little time In reflection,
We could restructure our actions to keep us humane.


I wrote this during the second wave of xenophobic attacks that occurred in July 2010 in South Africa.
A wave of xenophobic mob attacks hit South Africa two years previously. More than 60 people were
killed and thousands displaced.

What was learnt during the first attack was that mobs and individuals
would escape prosecution, because no one was arrested and jailed for the attacks, thus two years later
further stirrings occured resulting in atrocious attacks by human beings on one another.

The world is filled with people who have migrated so It is my opinion that we are all living on borrowed soil.