#ThursPoetry: Rumbidzai Olivia Mubirira – Silence Is Golden?

#ThursPoetry is back this week, in partnership with our friends at Gourd of Consciousness, for brand new Zimbabwean original poems.

Rumbidzai Olivia Mubirira was born on the 24th of June 1990 and did her primary education at Hatcliffe one primary school and her secondary education at Hatcliffe high school.

She holds a diploma in Journalism and communication. An upcoming writer/poet Rumbi is a member of Gourd of Conscioueness Poetry and has taken part in various anthologies including ‘Mafuro manyoro’ and ‘Gwatsvira Gwenhetembo’

POEM
SILENCE IS GOLDEN?

When it has become the norm
To wake up to the strong odour of raw sewage?
When I can’t afford bread,
When I spend the whole day shouting “mbinga”,
When I combine two meals to come up with “brunch”,
When I dress in rags,
When I sit at 180degree in their offices,
In the name of securing my job,
When I let out fake moans to please the old chaps?
Silence is golden?
When I marry to save my image,
From the ruthless society?
When I cry silently as I swallow their harsh comments,
You say silence is golden?
Silence is golden my foot,
When I carry the double burden of being wife and mother at the same time,
You say humility is next to Godliness,
Always spicing up with silence is golden,
Silence is golden?