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Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe

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Poem "I am that I am":
- published March 24, 2009
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Other poems by Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe:

»A Prayer for Transformation«

»A Question of Beauty«

»A Sketch of Democracy«

»Amidst the Boring Brown«

»At The Golf Course ' 97«

»Crime and grime«

»Doomed Destiny«

»Dreaming In Limbo«

»Easy Crossing the Balustrade«

»Emerging Images«

»End of Time«

»Fading Hope«

»Friendship«

»From The Inside Looking In«

»Hopelessness«

»If you turn the pages...«

»In The Name Of Freedom«

»Legend Brother«

»Let it not be said then (an English sonnet)«

»Life's Order«

»Listen«

»Loneliness«

»Love, My Friends (an English sonnet)«

»More Blessings«

»Mother Africa«

»Mothers, Women, Wives«

»No more«

»Of misery and Anguish«

»Old Man«

»On Saying Goodbye«

»Once Upon A time«

»Our Golden Girl«

»Political Condoms«

»Relationships«

»Sing Our Song«

»Street Child«

»Sweet Bondage«

»Take The Bull By The Horns«

»The 'Human Garbage'«

»The 'X' of Exile«

»The Brown Messiah«

»The Cold Day Unveils«

»The Knocking Woodpecker«

»The meaning of loneliness«

»The Poets Have Spoken«

»The Prison I'm Not In«

»The Way«

»Things I Miss In Exile«

»This Life - An Oxymoron«

»True Love«

»When in your eyes It looks«

»When the end beckons«

»Zany«

»I am that I am«

by Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe

I may be black
I may be white
I may be chocolate
But I am a citizen
Of the world.

I may be rich
I may be poor
I may be educated
I may be illiterate
But I am a citizen
Of the world.

Call me man
Call me woman
Call me anything
Call me everything
I am a citizen
Of the world.

Seggragate me
Classify me
Alienate me
Even isolate me
But one thing remains
I am a citizen
Of the world.

I may be a communist
I may be a marxist
I may be a capitalist
Or call me a terrorist
But, listen brother,
I am a citizen
Of the world.

Shoot me
Bomb me
Repress me
Suppress me
Oppress me
Still I am a citizen
Of the world.

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Berto Kamp: "I love this poem, we are all different but we are one"
Rodgers(Jamaica): "We love it. Reminds us of the legend himself!"
Joan (Jamaica): "Very like Bob Marley. We love it here!"
Nicole Mbile: "Thanks for this meaningful and soul restoring poem, Chris."
Murengwa L: "This poem makes me feel like a complete human being whatever and whomever I am. I like it!"
Jeremy Hughs: "Straight forward, satisfying and meaningful."
Shashito (Japan): "Simple and straight meaning!"
Hettie Van Zyl: "You know how to right this, thank you for the so true words"
Andreas Buchholz: "These lines are really touching being so true, though quite simple. Kind of remind me of the Bob-Dylan-tune Gotta serve somebody."

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