NOT YOURS TO JUDGE

Composure is easier done in an audience seat
Not in the ahenema of the angered
Because the blood which boils
And the heart which flips
And the head so toyed with
…do not extend to the onlooker
So be cautious in the seat
…in the seat or stand of the onlooker

II
For you might slap where the victim insulted
You might maim where the victim slapped
You might kill where the victim wounded
Oh you might turn suicidal
…where the victim cried
So try to be objective
But judge no one whose ahenema
…you want nothing of
Life gives burdens to all
Theirs might be nothing you can carry
So their actions
…if they hurt you not in any way
Are not yours –
…not yours to judge
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © September 29, 2021