Thomas Rogers Muyunga Mukasa with: Tell it well

Tell it well


You are not clear;
when you yell,
but you are,
when you just tell.

I don't get the meaning;
when you think you are communicating,
when you are acting bad,
I feel sad.

There is an immense power;
with one stroke of hand,
by pen, gun or a lifted finger,
you can break or make a band.

Worrying solves no problems;
only embeds them,
stalling makes it double,
it stokes more fires and trouble.

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